Cocodia, Jude. Peacekeeping and the African Union: Building Negative Peace. Routledge, 2018.

This book offers a detailed examination of the effectiveness of the peacekeeping operations of the African Union. Despite its growing reputation in peacekeeping and its status as the oldest continental peacekeeper, the performance of the African Union (AU) has hitherto not been assessed. This book fills that gap and analyses six case studies: Burundi, Comoros, Somalia, Mali, Darfur and the Central African Republic. From a methodological perspective it takes a problem-solving approach and utilizes process tracing in its analysis, with its standard for success resting on achieving negative peace (the cessation of violence and provision of security). Theoretically, this study offers a comprehensive list of factors drawn from peace literature and field experience which influence the outcome of peacekeeping. Beyond the major issues, such as funding, international collaboration and mandate, this work also examines the impact of largely ignored factors such as force integrity and territory size. The book modifies the claim of peace literature on what matters for success and advocates the indispensability of domestic elite cooperation, local initiative and international political will. It recognizes the necessity of factors such as lead state and force integrity for certain peace operations. In bringing these factors together, this study expands the peacekeeping debate on what matters for stability in conflict areas.

Source: book description culled from Routledge.com

Michaela Coel

Actress

Location: UK

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Cole, Herbert M. Icons: Ideals and Power in the Artof Africa. Washington, D.C: the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989.

This book looks at fundamental themes in African sculpture, shows a variety of iconic artworks, and describes their role in African society.

[Source: Amazon].

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Cole, Herbert M., and Douglas Fraser, eds. African Art and Leadership. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1972.

Fourteen thought-provoking essays by art historians, anthropologists, and historians analyze the complex interactions between art and leadership in sub-Saharan Africa. Amply and carefully illustrated throughout.

[Source: University of Wisconsin Press].

Cole, Robert Eugene. "The Liberian Elite as A Barrier to Economic Development". 1967. PhD Dissertation, (Northwestern University, 1967).  

This dissertation addresses the Liberian elite as a barrier to economic development.

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Coleman, Katharina P. and Tieku, Thomas K.. African Actors in International Security: Shaping Contemporary Norms. Boulder, USA: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2018. https://doi-org.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/10.1515/9781626377295

What impact have African actors had on perceptions of and responses to current international security challenges? Are there international peace and security norms with African roots? How can actors that lack the power and financial resources of Western states help to shape prevailing conceptions of appropriate behavior in international politics? Addressing these questions, the authors of African Actors in International Security identify and explore the diverse pathways by which African governments, IGOs, NGOs, and individuals can and do influence the normative structure of contemporary international relations.

Source: Book description by publisher

Coleman, Katharina P. and Tieku, Thomas K.. African Actors in International Security: Shaping Contemporary Norms. Boulder, USA: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781626377295

What impact have African actors had on perceptions of and responses to current international security challenges? Are there international peace and security norms with African roots? How can actors that lack the power and financial resources of Western states help to shape prevailing conceptions of appropriate behavior in international politics? Addressing these questions, the authors of African Actors in International Security identify and explore the diverse pathways by which African governments, IGOs, NGOs, and individuals can and do influence the normative structure of contemporary international relations.

Source: Book description from Rienner.com

Delinda Collier

Associate Professor, Art History, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

112 S. Michigan Ave. Suite  605

Chicago | 60603

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