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In 2012, a wave of violence swept through the Central African Republic as Seleka rebels clashed with anti-Balaka militias. In the face of seemingly senseless bloodshed, journalists, politicians, and scholars struggled to account for the conflict's origins. In this first comprehensive account of the violence, Louisa Lombard argues that the conflict was more than a straightforward religious clash between Christians and Muslims. Instead, she traces the roots of the conflict to fears of spiritual insecurity and a social breakdown that drove inter-communal violence. Placing the uprising within its broader social, cultural, and historical context , Lombard reveals the complicated roles played by marginalized rural youths, local political leaders, and the global community in sustaining the conflict, and she offers an urgent corrective to our perceptions of this little-understood country, making a compelling case for international leaders to rethink their approach to resolving the conflict. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)355.0096Social sciences Public Administration, Military Science Military Science Biography And History AfricaLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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At first, I was intrigued, and thought this might be a very informative book. However, it became increasingly obvious that the author was engaging in some serious mental acrobatics to explain the recurring conflicts in the CAR without mentioning — dare I say it! — imperialism.
According to the author the conflicts in the CAR are due to virtually every other reason except imperialism: the Weberian state-ideal, fuelled by foreign intervention; concessionary politics; the relations between people as reflected in the kind of state (or lack thereof) that exists; the desire for social status and personhood; etc.
These abstract issues, not U.S., French, and South African capital and control over the CAR’s extensive natural resources, including diamonds, uranium, oil, etc., is the ‘real’ cause of violence and instability in the CAR(!?). ( )