Routledge handbook of conflict response and leadership in Africa / edited by Alpaslan Özerdem, Sinem Akgül-Açıkmeşe, and Ian Liebenberg.

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.

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Alpaslan Özerdem is Dean of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University, USA. He is co-editor of Routledge Handbook of Turkish Politics (2019), Comparing Peace Processes (2019), and Routledge Handbook of Peace, Security and Development (2020). Sinem Akgül-Açıkmeşe is Professor of International Relations and Jean Monnet Chair holder on Hybrid Threats in the EU at Kadir Has University (KHAS), Turkey. She is the co-editor of the book The European Union and the Black Sea: The State of Play (2015). Ian Liebenberg is Professor in the Department of Political and Administrative Studies (DPAS) at the University of Namibia (UNAM)and Professor Extraordinary in Politics at the Faculty of Military Science (FMS), Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He is theeditor of A Far-Away War: Angola, 1975-1989 (first edition 2014, second edition 2019) and The Hidden Hand: Covert Operations in South Africa (first edition 1994, revised edition 1998).

"This handbook explores the challenges and opportunities for leadership and conflict response in the context of Africa at several levels. Leadership plays a vital role in affecting conflict response but is frequently only examined at the 'macro' level of state, government, and international organisations. This handbook addresses the need to explore challenges and opportunities for leadership at several levels: macro (global/regional/national); 'meso' (NGOs, religious groups, academics); and 'micro' (civil society organisations, youth groups, women's organisations). Analysis from multiple levels provides a broader explanation of conflict dynamics and helps to fit localised conflict transformation approaches into wider national or regional structures. The multi-disciplinary essays presented in this volume encompass the psychological, political and structural dimensions of conflict response, and demonstrate how its success is fundamentally linked to the style of effectiveness of leadership, among other factors. The volume is divided into four thematic sections: Part I: The theory and dynamics of conflict response and leadership Part II: Macro-level leadership experiences in conflict response Part III: Meso/micro-level leadership experiences in conflict response Part IV: Recommendations for improved leadership in conflict response This book will be of much interest to students of conflict resolution, peace studies, African politics, security studies and International Relations, in general"-- Provided by publisher.

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Print version: Routledge handbook of conflict response and leadership in Africa Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

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January 10, 2024

Includes bibliographical references and index.