Title: Between interventionism and national sovereignty : case study: Democratic Republic of Congo /
Authors: Quiring, Otto.
Publisher: Lit,
Year: 2003
Subjects: State governments and international relations Congo (Democratic Republic); Intervention (International law); Sovereignty.; Congo (Democratic Republic) Politics and government; Congo (Democratic Republic) Politics and government
Abstract: "Tribal clashes, dictators, famines, civil war, overpopulation and outmost poverty, form a dominant picture of the African continent. Causes are mostly explained by circumstances inside of Africa. The author argues, that many developments in Africa are intricately linked to powerful international interests, much more difficult to discover but profoundly manipulating political, social and economic processes within African states."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Statehood -- The idea of nation-states -- National sovereignty -- A definition of "intervention" -- The structure of African states -- The Congo crisis -- Economic interventions of Western states -- The wars of 1977 and 1978 in Katanga -- The socio-economic relevance of ethnic groups -- The reign of Laurent Désiré Kabila -- Regional conflict in Central Africa -- How to make Kabila change.