Frontcover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: The politics of diaspora and religious groups' involvement in the Liberian peace processes -- 1 Civil society and its engagement with the Liberian peace process -- 2 Liberia's evolution and the descent into civil war -- 3 The Liberian civil war: Interests, actors and interventions -- 4 Religious actors and the peace process -- 5 The diaspora and the manifestation of interests during the peace process -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
A detailed examination of the role of two critical non-state groups in the Liberian Civil War peace process - the diaspora and the religious - that provides key insights for policymakers and NGOs into the roles that civil society actors can play in conflict resolution and peacemaking
Analysis
Africa
Babatunde T. Afolabi
Civil Society
Conflict Resolution
Conflict resolution
Dialogue facilitators
Diaspora
ECOWAS
Liberian Civil War
Mediators
Non-state actors
Peace Process
Peace process
Peacebuilding
Peacemaking
Politics
Religious Actors
Religious actors
The Politics of Peacemaking in Africa: Non-State Actors' Role in the Liberian Civil War
