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Peace and Power Sharing in Africa: A Not So Obvious Relationship

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: Peace accords usually involve top politicians and military leaders, who negotiate, sign, and/or benefit from an agreement. What is conspicuously absent from such negotiations is broad-based participation by those who should benefit in the first place: citizens. More specifically, the local level of security provision and insecurity production is rarely taken into account. The analysis of recent African peace agreements shows important variations in power-sharing devices and why it is important to ask who is sharing power with whom. Experiences with power sharing are mixed and far less positive than assumed by outside negotiators.

Source: African Affairs

DOI: 10.1093/afraf/adp038

Author: A. Mehler

Institution: German Institute for Global and Area Studies

Language: English

Topic: Peacebuilding and International Security

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

Funder: GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies