Guns and Governance in the Rift Valley
Author: Kennedy Mkutu
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9781847013088
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA vivid account of modern pastoralist armed conflict.
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Pastoral Conflict and Small Arms
Author: Kennedy Mkutu
Publisher: Twayne Publishers
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 46
ISBN-13: 9780948546990
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPastoralism and Conflict in the Horn of Africa
Author: Kennedy Mkutu
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 54
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Palgrave Handbook of Small Arms and Conflicts in Africa
Author: Usman A. Tar
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2021-04-05
Total Pages: 1043
ISBN-13: 3030621839
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis handbook provides critical analyses of the theory and practices of small arms proliferation and its impact on conflicts and organized violence in Africa. It examines the terrains, institutions, factors and actors that drive armed conflict and arms proliferation, and further explores the nature, scope, and dynamics of conflicts across the continent, as well as the extent to which these conflicts are exacerbated by the proliferation of small arms. The volume features rich analyses by contributors who are acquainted with, and widely experienced in, the formal and informal structures of arms proliferation and control, and their repercussions on violence, instability and insecurity across Africa. The chapters dissect the challenges of small arms and light weapons in Africa with a view to understanding roots causes and drivers, and generating a fresh body of analyses that adds value to the existing conversation on conflict management and peacebuilding in Africa. With contributions from scholars, development practitioners, defence and security professionals and civil society activists, the handbook seeks to serve as a reference for students, researchers, and policy makers on small arms proliferation, control and regulation; defence and security practitioners; and those involved in countering violence and managing conflicts in Africa.
Pastoralism and Development in Africa
Author: Andy Catley
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-05-07
Total Pages: 315
ISBN-13: 1136255842
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOnce again, the Horn of Africa has been in the headlines. And once again the news has been bad: drought, famine, conflict, hunger, suffering and death. The finger of blame has been pointed in numerous directions: to the changing climate, to environmental degradation, to overpopulation, to geopolitics and conflict, to aid agency failures, and more. But it is not all disaster and catastrophe. Many successful development efforts at ‘the margins’ often remain hidden, informal, sometimes illegal; and rarely in line with standard development prescriptions. If we shift our gaze from the capital cities to the regional centres and their hinterlands, then a very different perspective emerges. These are the places where pastoralists live. They have for centuries struggled with drought, conflict and famine. They are resourceful, entrepreneurial and innovative peoples. Yet they have been ignored and marginalised by the states that control their territory and the development agencies who are supposed to help them. This book argues that, while we should not ignore the profound difficulties of creating secure livelihoods in the Greater Horn of Africa, there is much to be learned from development successes, large and small. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars with an interest in development studies and human geography, with a particular emphasis on Africa. It will also appeal to development policy-makers and practitioners.
Small Arms Survey 2013
Author: Small Arms Survey, Geneva
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013-07-04
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 1107041961
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHighlights emerging trends and concerns regarding armed violence and small arms proliferation as well as related policies and programming.
Pastoralist-Farmer Conflicts in Nigeria
Author: Adeola Aderayo Adebajo
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2022-09-26
Total Pages: 235
ISBN-13: 1786614588
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides an in-depth analysis of one of the most persistent and perennial types of conflict in Africa– pastoralist-farmer conflicts – and the linkages with conflict management and resolution, vulnerability and displacement, government capacity and deficits, and the role of local and international governmental and non-governmental agencies in the specific Nigerian context. Conflict-induced displacement generates humanitarian and protection issues particularly when the government is unwilling to carry out its responsibility of protecting the civilians in flight. The book fills the intellectual vacuum created on the implications the conflict management mechanisms adopted in resolving pastoralist-farmer conflict have on the protection of internally displaced persons (IDPs). It extensively describes the displacement and associated risks and vulnerabilities of IDPs arising from the conflict and the efforts of the different stakeholders in responding to the protection issues. It examines various conflict management mechanisms adopted by stakeholders in resolving pastoralist-farmer conflict and how they have affected the protection of IDPs. It also elucidates the imperativeness of internally displaced persons’ involvement in the management/resolution processes of pastoralist-farmer conflict, which will not only impact the resolution of the conflict but also provide opportunity for their issues of protection to be addressed.
Guns & Governance in the Rift Valley
Author: Kennedy Mkutu
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSmall arms dominate conflicts in Africa. More people die in wars in Africa than in any other continent. In cattle raiding the AK47 has replaced the spear. This book answers the questions of why so many small arms are circulating in North-East Africa and how they are affecting peace in these countries. Kennedy Mkutu proposes an integrated regional approach in which improved security, community involvement and economic development precede and accompany disarmament. KENNEDY AGADE MKUTU has a doctorate in Peace Studies from Bradford University and lectures at the Kenya Institute for Administration North America: Indiana U Press
Pastoralism and Climate Change in East Africa
Author: Yanda, Pius Zebhe
Publisher: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers
Published: 2018-08-03
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9987753922
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPastoralism and Climate Change in East Africa provides systematic and robust empirical investigations on the impact of climate change on pastoral production systems, as well as participating in the ongoing debate over the efficacy of traditional pastoralism. This book is an initial product of the Project Building Knowledge to Support Climate Change Adaptation for Pastoralist Communities in East Africa implemented by the Centre for Climate Change Studies of the University of Dar es Salaam with support from the Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa. Traditional pastoralism has proved to be a resilient and unique system of adaptations in a dynamic process of unpredictable climatic variability and continuous human interactions with the natural environment in dryland ecosystems. Pastoral adaptations and climate-induced innovative coping mechanisms have strategically been embedded in the indigenous social structures and resource management value systems. Pastoral livelihoods have, nevertheless, become increasingly vulnerable to climate change impacts as a result of prolonged marginalization and harmful external interventions. The negative effect of global climate change has been an added dimension to the already prevailing crisis in the pastoral livelihood system, which is substantially driven by non-climatic factors of internal and external pressures of change such as population growth, bad governance and shrinking rangelands lost to competing activities.
Pastoralism and Development in Africa
Author: Andy Catley
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 315
ISBN-13: 0415540712
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA view of 'development at the margins' in the pastoral areas of the Horn of Africa highlights innovation and entrepreneurialism, cooperation and networking and diverse approaches rarely in line with standard development prescriptions. Through twenty detailed empirical chapters, the book highlights diverse pathways of development, going beyond the standard 'aid' and 'disaster' narratives.
