1st Edition
Civil Society and Peacebuilding in Sierra Leone Donors, Government, and Human Security
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Acronyms
Glossary of Commonly Used Terms and Phrases
Chapter 1: Introduction: Civil Society and Peacebuilding in Sierra Leone
Chapter 2: Civil society: A Theoretical and Conceptual Framework
Chapter 3: Historiography: The Growth and Evolution of Sierra Leone Civil Society
Chapter 4: The Civil War and Civil Society
Chapter 5: Civil Society and Donors
Chapter 6: Government Policies and Civil Society Operation
Chapter 7: Civil Society, Donors and State Interactions: Implications for Conflict and Security in Africa
Chapter 8: Civil Society and Human Security: Implications for The Field of Conflict Resolution
Addendum: List of select organizations studied or interviewed for this project
Biography
Vandy Kanyako is Director of the Conflict Resolution Program at Portland State University where he teaches various courses in conflict resolution, including human rights, civil society, peacemaking and peacebuilding, transitional justice, and post-war reconstruction. From 2004 to 2005 he was the Coordinator of the United Nations-NGO Conflict Prevention Working Group in New York, an initiative that explored the role of global civil society in conflict prevention. He has written widely on civil society and the political economy of conflict. He holds a Master’s Degree in International Relations from the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Masters in Peace Studies from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, USA; and a PhD in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University, USA.
