Urban centres are at the heart of the dynamics of war and peace, of
stability and violence: as ‘safe havens’ for those seeking
protection, as concentrations of public administrative and military
apparatus, and as symbolic bases of state sovereignty and public
authority. Heavy fighting in South Sudan’s capital city of Juba,
post electoral protests and brutal killings in Bujumbura, Burundi, and
violent urban uprisings in Congo’s cities of Goma and Kinshasa, all
demonstrate that cities represent critical arenas in African conflict
and post-conflict dynamics. This comprehensive volume offers a
profound analysis of the complex relationship between the dynamics of
violent conflict and urbanisation in Central and Eastern Africa. The
authors underline the need to look simultaneously at cities to
understand ongoing conflict and violence, and at conflict-dynamics to
understand current urbanisation processes in this part of the world.
Building on empirical and analytical insights from cities in Uganda,
Rwanda, Burundi, DR Congo, South Sudan and Kenya, this collection
demonstrates how emerging urbanism in the larger Great-Lakes region
and its Eastern neighbours presents a fascinating window to
investigate the transformative power of protracted violent conflict.
This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal
of Eastern African Studies.
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ISBN
9781000011685
Publisert
2020
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Routledge
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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