Justifying Interventions in Africa - (De)Stabilizing Sovereignty in Liberia, Burundi and the Congo

This new paperback edition of Justifying Interventions in Africa includes a new preface written by Professor Annika Björkdahl from Lund University. Analysing the UN interventions in Liberia, Burundi and the Congo, Wilén poses the question of how one can stabilize a state through external intervention without destabilizing sovereignty. She critically examines the justifications for international and regional interventions through a social constructivist framework.

List of contents

The Study of Sovereignty, Intervention and Peace Operations in International Relations Analysing a Moving Target: Sovereignty, a Complex Concept Intervention, Justifications and Interpretations: The Case of ECOWAS in Liberia Sanctions, Justifications and Reactions: The Case of the Regional Initiative in Burundi Intervention, Justifications and Interpretations: The Case of SADC in Congo Capacity-Building and Local Ownership: Indicators of Sovereignty? (De)Stabilization - So What?: An Analysis of the Political Consequences of the Interventions on a Regional and International Level Concluding Remarks

About the author

Nina Wilén is a Post-Doctoral FNRS Research Fellow at the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Brussels. She has published extensively on interventions and peacebuilding operations and in particular focused on reconstructing armies after conflict in Africa. Dr. Wilén teaches at ULB and Sciences Po Paris parallel to her research and fieldwork in Africa.

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This new paperback edition of Justifying Interventions in Africa includes a new preface written by Professor Annika Björkdahl from Lund University. Analysing the UN interventions in Liberia, Burundi and the Congo, Wilén poses the question of how one can stabilize a state through external intervention without destabilizing sovereignty. She critically examines the justifications for international and regional interventions through a social constructivist framework.

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Product details

• Authors: N. Wilen, Nina Wilen, N Wilén, N. Wilén
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2012
• EAN: 9781349339464
• ISBN: 978-1-349-33946-4
• No. of pages: 225
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 308 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 225 p.
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, Peace, Sociology, Conflict Studies, Africa, Political Sociology, International Relations, Politics & government, African Politics, International institutions, International Organization, Peace studies, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Africa—Politics and government, Peace and Conflict Studies, international relations;intervention;Peace;Peace Operation