The Political Economy of the Great Lakes Region in Africa [electronic resource] : The Pitfalls of Enforced Democracy and Globalization /
Marysse, Stefaan.author.
Reyntjens, F.editor.
This book examines the international factors such as enforced democracy and globalization that have affected the Great Lakes region of Africa. The horrendous consequences in terms of violence and human suffering of the events in this area have been exhibited in the media, however news coverage after 1994 was at times unreliable. This book takes a look at life since then, adopting an independent, and on occasion controversial perspective.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Maps; List of Figures; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Notes on the Contributors; Introduction; 1 Rwanda, Ten Years on: From Genocide to Dictatorship; 2 Disconnecting the Threads: Rwanda and the Holocaust Reconsidered; 3 The Evolution and Characteristics of Poverty and Inequality in Rwanda; 4 Consociational Democracy for Rwanda?; 5 Regress, War and Fragile Recovery: The Case of the DRCongo; 6 The Mining Sector in Congo: The Victim or the Orphan of Globalization?; 7 Kivu and Ituri in the Congo War: The Roots and Nature of a Linkage
8 War and the Political Economy of Kinshasa
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book examines the international factors such as enforced democracy and globalization that have affected the Great Lakes region of Africa. The horrendous consequences in terms of violence and human suffering of the events in this area have been exhibited in the media, however news coverage after 1994 was at times unreliable. This book takes a look at life since then, adopting an independent, and on occasion controversial perspective.
Africa—Politics and government.
Development economics.
Regional economics.
Spatial economics.
Political economy.
Democracy.
Globalization.
African Politics.
Development Economics.
Regional/Spatial Science.
International Political Economy.
Democracy.
Globalization.