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- Title
Illiberal peacebuilding in Angola.
- Authors
de Oliveira, Ricardo Soares
- Abstract
Angola's oil-fuelled reconstruction since the end of the civil war in 2002 is a world away from the mainstream liberal peacebuilding approach that Western donors have promoted and run since the end of cold war. The Angolan case is a pivotal example of what can be termed ‘illiberal peacebuilding’, a process of post-war reconstruction managed by local elites in defiance of liberal peace precepts on civil liberties, the rule of law, the expansion of economic freedoms and poverty alleviation, with a view to constructing a hegemonic order and an elite stranglehold over the political economy. Making sense of the Angolan case is a starting point for a broader comparative look at other cases of illiberal peacebuilding such as Rwanda, Lebanon and Sri Lanka.
- Subjects
AFRICA; ANGOLA; PEACEBUILDING -- Social aspects; ELITE (Social sciences); HEGEMONY; SOCIAL history
- Publication
Journal of Modern African Studies, 2011, Vol 49, Issue 2, p287
- ISSN
0022-278X
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1017/S0022278X1100005X