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Formal Peace and Informal War

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Northern interventions into African countries at war are dominated by security concerns, bolstered by claims of shared returns and reinforcing processes of development and security. As global security and human security became prominent in development policy, Congo was wracked by violent rule, pillage, internal fighting, and invasion. In 2002, the Global and All-Inclusive Peace was promoted by northern donors, placing a formal peace on the mass of informalised wars. Formal Peace and Informal War: Security and Development in Congo examines how the security interests of the Congolese population have interacted with those of northern donors. It explores Congo’s contemporary wars and the peace agreed on in 2002 from a security perspective and challenges the asserted commonality of the liberal interventions made by northern donors. It finds that the peace framed the multiple conflicts in Congo as a civil war and engineered a power-sharing agreement between elite belligerents. The book argues that the population were politically and economically excluded from the peace and have been subjected to control and containment when their security rests with power and freedom.

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ISBN: 9781138672307
Publication date: 21st April 2016
Author: Zoë Marriage
Publisher: Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 192 pages
Series: Routledge Explorations in Development Studies
Genres: Development economics and emerging economies
Peace studies and conflict resolution
International relations