Table of Contents

1. Introduction Section A: The Social, Political, and Economic Dimensions of Conflict 2. Arms Trafficking and the Local Political Economy of Conflict 3. HIV/AIDS: Conflict as a Security 4. Oil, Conflict, and Corruption 5. Women and Children as Displaced Persons Section B: Impact of Conflict on Women and Children 6. The Impact of Civil War on Women and Children 7. Gender Perspectives in Peacekeeping Operations 8. Child Soldiers and Conflict 9. Enhancing the Participation of Women in Post-Conflict Elections Section C: Reconstruction and Past Human Rights Violations: Healing the Nation 10. Truth Commissions: Amnesty or Prosecution? 11. Justice for Whom? Assessing Hybrid Approaches to Accountability in Sierra Leone 12. Exit, Voice, and Loyalty in Transitional Justice Processes: Evidence on Victims Responses to South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission Section D: Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintegration, Post-War Reconstruction and the Building of a Capable State and the Role of the International Community in the Peace Process 13. To Rouse Liberia, Long Forlorn: Reconstruct Governance 14. The Post-Conflict Security Gap and the UN Peace Operations System 15. Africa’s Security Dilemma: National Stability vs. World Security 16. US Assistance to Africa: Challenges of Weapon Sales and Military Aid 17. Concluding Thoughts: After the Fighting Stops

About the Author

Cornell University Law School, USA