Managing Ethnic Conflict in Africa Pressures and Incentives for Cooperation

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ISBN: 9780815775935 | 0815775938
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Copyright: 9/1/1997

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In this book, Donald Rothchild analyzes the successes and failures of attempts at conflict resolution in different African countries and offers comprehensive ideas for successful mediation. The book demonstrates how negotiation and mediation can promote conflict resolution, along with a political environment that fosters development.

African State Management of Ethnic Conflict	p. 1
The Ethnic Group	p. 3
Patterns of African Conflict Management	p. 5
The Colonial Inheritance	p. 6
The Postindependence Era	p. 9
The Structuring of Incentives	p. 19
Conclusion	p. 20
Regularized Patterns of Relations
Structuring Incentives for Internal Conflict Management	p. 25
The Systemic Conditions	p. 25
Perceptions	p. 36
State Responses to Ethnic Demands and Counterdemands	p. 40
The Interconnected Conflict Process	p. 45
Internal Incentive Structures	p. 50
The Effect of Regimes on Conflict	p. 59
Forming Political Coalitions	p. 61
Allocating Resources	p. 75
Conclusion	p. 82
Third-Party Mediation of Violent Conflict
The Use of Coercive and Noncoercive Incentives	p. 89
The Relationship of Perceptions to Demands	p. 93
Timing	p. 95
Incentives Available to Mediators	p. 97
Conclusion	p. 108
Constructing a Conflict Management System in Angola, 1989-97	p. 111
The Internal Incentives for Conflict	p. 113
The Postindependence Conflicts	p. 117
The Military Climax and Stalemate	p. 119
The Interstate Mediation Process	p. 120
Intrastate Mediation and the Construction of an Internal Conflict Management System	p. 124
Conclusion	p. 141
Reconstructing a Conflict Management System in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe	p. 147
The Bargaining Parties	p. 148
White Rebellion against Colonial Rule	p. 151
Direct Anglo-Rhodesian Talks	p. 152
Mediation Efforts before Lancaster House	p. 154
The Victoria Falls Conference	p. 155
The Kissinger Mediation Initiative	p. 157
The Geneva Conference	p. 161
The Anglo-American Initiative	p. 164
The Internal Settlement	p. 168
The Lancaster House Mediation Process	p. 170
Conclusion: Credible Pressures and Incentives	p. 186
Facilitating Regime Transformation in South Africa	p. 191
A Unique Environment	p. 193
Failed Mediation Efforts in the 1980s	p. 195
The UN Initiative of the 1990s	p. 200
Preelection Mediation Initiatives	p. 205
Conclusion: Incentives for Change	p. 209
Coalition Efforts to Repair Internal Conflict Management in Sudan, 1971-72	p. 213
The Conflict-Making Environment	p. 214
The Favorable Preconditions for Negotiations	p. 217
The Process of Negotiation	p. 225
The Failure of Implementation	p. 233
Conclusion	p. 239
Mediators' Uses of Pressures and Incentives	p. 243
Mediation	p. 246
The External Mediator's Capacity to Manipulate	p. 249
The Structure of Incentives	p. 254
Coercive and Noncoercive Incentives	p. 256
Incentives during the Implementation Stage	p. 273
Conclusion: Shifting Forms of Mediator Leverage	p. 277
Notes	p. 281
Index	p. 331
Tables
Politically Related Deaths with an Ethnic or Nationality Component in Selected Sub-Saharan African Countries, 1945-94	p. 10
Costs and Benefits for Third-Party Mediator and Recipients	p. 99
External Mediator Types and Incentive Strategies in Selected African Conflicts	p. 258
Figures
A Systems Approach to State-Ethnic Relations	p. 26
Nationalist Movements and Outside Supporters in Angola	p. 117
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