Civil society and peacebuilding in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Anthropocene : an overview / Jean Chrysostome K. Kiyala, Geoff Thomas Harris, editors.
This book examines civil society's peacebuilding role in sub-Saharan Africa in the context of climate change and the pursuit of environmental peace and justice in the Anthropocene. Five main research themes emerge from its 20 chapters: ¨ The roles of environmental peacemaking, environmental jus...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Springer,
2022.
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| Series: | Anthropocene (Cham, Switzerland) ;
v. 34. |
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| Online Access: | Springer eBooks |
| Summary: | This book examines civil society's peacebuilding role in sub-Saharan Africa in the context of climate change and the pursuit of environmental peace and justice in the Anthropocene. Five main research themes emerge from its 20 chapters: ¨ The roles of environmental peacemaking, environmental justice, ecological education and eco-ethics in helping to mitigate the impacts of climate change ¨ Peacebuilding by CSOs after violent conflicts, with particular reference to accountability, reconciliation and healing ¨ CSO involvement in democratic processes and political transition after violent conflicts ¨ Relationships between local CSOs and their foreign funders and the interactions between CSOs and the African Union's peace and security architecture. ¨ The particular role of faith-based CSOs The book underlines the centrality of dialogue to African peacebuilding and the indigenous wisdom and philosophies on which it is based. Such wisdom will be a key resource in confronting the existential challenges of the Anthropocene. The book will be a significant resource for researchers, academics and policymakers concerned with the challenge of climate change, its interactions with armed conflict and the peacebuilding role of CSOs. ¨ This pathbreaking book shows why peacebuilding analysis and efforts need to be urgently re-oriented towards the existential challenges of environmental peace and justice. ¨ It explains the emerging conceptual frameworks which are needed for this new role. ¨ It explains the critical role that CSOs - local and international - will play in implementing this new peacebuilding approach, with particular reference to sub- Saharan Africa. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxvi, 580 pages) : illustrations (some colour). |
| ISBN: | 3030951782 9783030951788 3030951790 9783030951795 |
| ISSN: | 2367-4032 ; |