| ID | 108605 |
| Title Proper | Innovations in African solutions to African problems |
| Other Title Information | the evolving practice of regional peacekeeping in sub-Saharan Africa |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Coleman, Katharina P |
| Publication | 2011. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Three critical trends in the evolving practice of regional peacekeeping in sub-Saharan Africa have undermined the usefulness of the common conceptual dichotomy between regional peacekeeping and UN/global peacekeeping. First, sub-Saharan African states have distanced themselves from long-term autonomous regional peacekeeping, and currently favour explicitly interim missions that are a prelude rather than an alternative to UN peacekeeping. Second, the analytically clear line between regional peacekeeping and the separate sub-Saharan African tradition of solidarity deployments (i.e. military support of embattled governments) has in practice become blurred, and the regional vs global peacekeeping dichotomy not only fails to acknowledge this trend but helps to obscure it. Finally, sub-Saharan African states are increasingly addressing regional conflicts by participating in UN operations deployed in the region. UN peacekeeping has thus emerged as a preferred form of regional peacekeeping in sub-Saharan Africa. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Modern African Studies Vol. 49, No. 4; Dec 2011: p.517-545 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Modern African Studies Vol. 49, No. 4; Dec 2011: p.517-545 |
| Key Words | Sub - Saharan Africa ; Regional Peacekeeping ; African Solutions ; African Problems ; Africa |