Studying African interventions 'from below

Exploring practices, knowledges and perceptions

Bibliographic Data

ID5725527
AuthorsAntonia Witt (0000-0003-0841-7639, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume25
Issue1
Pages1-19
Publication date2018-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSouth African Journal of International Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1022-0461 • E-ISSN: 1938-0275
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10220461.2018.1417904
OpenAlexW2790889579
LanguageEN
Citations received6

This article argues for a shift in researching African interventions: from a top-down study of African regional norms and institutions towards a view ‘from below’ on the actual practices of intervention and how they play out on the ground. Such a view is important in order to understand the contested politics of African interventions as well as disconnects between grand regional architectures and their imprints on the ground. In doing so, this article also seeks to link research on African interventions to the academic debate on peacebuilding and peacemaking interventions more generally. While this literature has increasingly taken the ‘local’ into account, such a localisation in terms of researching African interventions has yet to take place. This article suggests three dimensions in which a view ‘from below’ could be translated into the research agenda on African interventions

International relations · Peacebuilding · Peacemaking · Perception · Political science · Politics · Psychological intervention · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Development and Aid · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Psychology · Public Administration

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