When the State Fails : Studies on Intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War
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| Title: | When the State Fails : Studies on Intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War |
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| Description: | Compared with Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo, the recent western intervention in Sierra Leone has been largely forgotten. When the State Fails rectifies this, providing a comprehensive and critical analysis of the intervention. The civil war in Sierra Leone began in 1991 and was declared officially over in 2002 after UK, UN and regional African military intervention. Some claimed it as a case of successful humanitarian intervention. The authors in this collection provide an informed analysis of the impact of the intervention on democracy, development and society in Sierra Leone. The authors take a particularly critical view of the imposition of neoliberalism after the conflict. As NATO intervention in Libya shows the continued use of external force in internal conflicts, When the State Fails is a timely book for all students and scholars interested in Africa and the question of'humanitarian intervention'. |
| Authors: | Tunde Zack-Williams |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Civil war--Sierra Leone |
| Categories: | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Compared with Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo, the recent western intervention in Sierra Leone has been largely forgotten. When the State Fails rectifies this, providing a comprehensive and critical analysis of the intervention. The civil war in Sierra Leone began in 1991 and was declared officially over in 2002 after UK, UN and regional African military intervention. Some claimed it as a case of successful humanitarian intervention. The authors in this collection provide an informed analysis of the impact of the intervention on democracy, development and society in Sierra Leone. The authors take a particularly critical view of the imposition of neoliberalism after the conflict. As NATO intervention in Libya shows the continued use of external force in internal conflicts, When the State Fails is a timely book for all students and scholars interested in Africa and the question of'humanitarian intervention'. |
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| ISBN: | 9780745332215 9780745332208 9781849646246 9781849646215 |
