Dynamics of social reconstruction in post-war Angola
By: Fernando Florêncio, editor
Contributors: Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa (Portugal); Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut für Kulturwissenschaftliche Forschung; Volkswagenstiftung. Afrika-Initiative
Publisher: ABI, Arnold Bergstraesser Institut
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Freiburg im Breisgau
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9783928597715
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Postwar reconstruction; Peace-building; Social policy; Politics and government; History
Notes: Contributors other than the editor are young Angolan scholars in the interdisciplinary domain of African Studies at ISCTE--University Institute of Lisbon, part of a research project begun in 2007, financed by the Volkswagen Foundation as part of the initiative "Knowledge for Tomorrow", with administration by Arnold Bergstraesser Institut, Freiburg, Germany.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface  -- Franz-Wilhelm Heimer; title: Introduction  -- Fernando Florêncio -- part 1.; title: Social reconstruction and nation in Angola.; title: Political Angola : state of the art (2002-2012)  -- Jean-Michel Mabeko-Tali; title: The good silences : the absolute value of the future  -- Catarina Antunes Gomes. -- part 2.; title: Actors and discurses [i.e. discourses] of reconciliation.; title: Communities and identities : resilience and sociocultural incorporation in Vale do Loge  -- Abel Paxe; title: Reconciliation without citizens, nation without the people : reflections about the process of national reconciliation and nation building in post-conflict Angola  -- Cláudio Tomás; title: Post-civil war Angola : inducing "oblivion" and "public forgiveness" as the official policy  -- Gilson Lázaro; title: The UNITA insurgency and the suffering communities in Angola  -- Raquel Ferrão. -- part 3.; title: Regional dynamics of war and national reconstruction.; title: Bailundo : a bipolar political arena  -- Fernando Florêncio; title: "Are we chameleon?" : traditional authorities, conflict resolution and the local state in Angola : the case of Humpata (Huíla Province)  -- Irina Ferreira; title: Political violence and mental health : a case study of the province of Huíla  -- Jorge Chaves; title: Social implications of traumatic experience with violent conflict in Angola  -- Margarida Ventura; title: Immediate strategies as an expression of social resilience -- Maria de Fátima.