Redie Bereketeab is Associate Professor of Sociology and Senior Researcher at The Nordic African Institute, Uppsala, Sweden.
Redie Bereketeab's critical engagement of the perennial challenges of peace-building and state-building, particularly his critique of neoliberal interventionism and introduction of the popular peace-building and state-building perspective is very refreshing and timely. I have nothing but praise for this groundbreaking work. -- Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Professor and Chair of Epistemologies of the Global South, University of Bayreuth, Germany Based on a solid critique of the neoliberal model of peace-building and state-building (PBSB) in Africa, and drawing on informed knowledge of African context, Bereketeab vigorously argues for an alternative to neoliberalism. It is a timely and essential reading at a time Africans are fighting for a bright future amid multiple challenges. -- Atta El-Battahani, Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of Khartoum, Sudan