Description: PAPERBACK FOR SALE IN AFRICA ONLY 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 policymakersand NGOS into the roles that civil society actors can play in conflict resolution and peacemaking.
Review Quotes: [P]rovides a rich literature on the role of civil society in peacekeeping that could provide valuable lesson on how civil society can play a pivotal role in the re-engineering of societies and polity as is the case of Liberia. I recommend this book to students and academics who are interested in the nature of peacemaking in developing states and to policy analysts and other practitioners who are engaged in projects that are related to the role of non-state actors in conflict resolution and peacekeeping in Africa.-- "AFRICAN STUDIES QUARTERLY"