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Karen Büscher

Urban Africa and Violent Conflict

Understanding Conflict Dynamics in Central and Eastern Africa from an Urban Perspective

Karen Büscher

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Routledge
24 April 2019

Peace studies & conflict resolution; Urban communities; Comparative politics; Armed conflict; Warfare & defence

Urban centres are at the heart of the dynamics of war and peace, of stability and violence: as ‘safe havens’ for those seeking protection, as concentrations of public administrative and military apparatus, and as symbolic bases of state sovereignty and public authority. Heavy fighting in South Sudan’s capital city of Juba, post electoral protests and brutal killings in Bujumbura, Burundi, and violent urban uprisings in Congo’s cities of Goma and Kinshasa, all demonstrate that cities represent critical arenas in African conflict and post-conflict dynamics.

This comprehensive volume offers a profound analysis of the complex relationship between the dynamics of violent conflict and urbanisation in Central and Eastern Africa. The authors underline the need to look simultaneously at cities to understand ongoing conflict and violence, and at conflict-dynamics to understand current urbanisation processes in this part of the world. Building on empirical and analytical insights from cities in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, DR Congo, South Sudan and Kenya, this collection demonstrates how emerging urbanism in the larger Great-Lakes region and its Eastern neighbours presents a fascinating window to investigate the transformative power of protracted violent conflict.

This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Eastern African Studies.

Edited by: Karen Büscher
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367236878
ISBN 10: 0367236877
Pages: 220
Publication Date: 24 April 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Karen Büscher is an Assistant Professor at the Conflict Research Group, Ghent University, Belgium. Her work focuses on different aspects of the relationship between violent conflict and urbanisation in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Northern Uganda.