Introduction: regional organizations as conflict resolution forums -- The formation of SADC and the era of hope -- The struggle to establish the organ -- Failed peacemaking in Southern Africa -- Explaining the failure of the organ -- The fiction of Southern Africa as an emerging security -- Conclusion
Summary
Exploring the formation, evolution and effectiveness of the regional security arrangements of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), Community of Insecurity examines the vital issues of why the SADC has struggled to establish a viable security regime; why it has been unable to engage in successful peacemaking; and why it has defied the optimistic prognosis of the early 1990s that it would build a security community in Southern Africa
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-179) and index
