The New Is Not yet Born

Thomas Ohlson; Stephen John Stedman

doi:10.5771/9780815720447

Summary

In April 1994, black and white South Africans voted for the first time for a nonracial government. This watershed election in the spring of '94 was one of many profound changes in Southern Africa, including independence in Namibia, democratic elections in Zambia, a peace agreement in Mozambique, and renewed civil war in Angola.

The authors explore the sources and dynamics of the political, economic, and diplomatic transformations that took place in Southern Africa. They recount how Southern Africa has long endured costly, violent domestic and interstate conflicts, often complicated and intensified by external interventions and interests. They also analyze the various attempts to resolve Southern Africa's conflicts. They suggest that the democratic transition in South Africa has opened the possibility to create a secure Southern Africa, but they also note that past conflict legacies and new unanticipated conflicts could stand in the way. The challenge ahead will be to create new institutions at the national and regional levels that can help political players resolve conflict without resorting to violence.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2010
ISBN-Print: 978-0-8157-6451-9
ISBN-Online: 978-0-8157-2044-7
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 322
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
1. Purpose of the Book No access
2. Change and the Analysis of Conflict in Southern Africa No access
3. The Interdependence of Security in Southern Africa No access
4. Conflict Resolution: Building Institutions and Organizations No access
5. Organization of the Book No access
1. 1. The First Stage: Encountering the Other No access
  2. The Second Stage: Toward an Integrated Political Economy No access
  3. The Third Stage: Global Decolonization and South African Apartheid No access
2. 1. Southern Africa in the 1970s: The Weight of the Past No access
  2. The 1980s: Regional Destabilization and Domestic Emergency No access
  3. 1986-89: Domestic and Regional Dead Ends No access
  4. Conclusion No access
3. 1. Angola: The Alvor Agreement No access
  2. Mediation in Zimbabwe: From Failure to Success No access
  3. Namibia and the "Contact Group" No access
  4. Angola, Cuba, and South Africa: Linkage, Part One No access
  5. Bilateral Conflict Resolution: The Nkomati Accord No access
  6. Angola, South Africa, and Namibia: Linkage, Part Two No access
  7. The Namibian Transition No access
  8. Angola: The Internal Settlement No access
  9. Mozambique: The Rome Agreement No access
  10. The Cases Compared No access
1. 1. Background to Negotiations No access
  2. Conflict Resolution: 1990-94 No access
  3. Economic Problem Solving No access
  4. Conflict Resolution in South Africa: Explaining Partial Success No access
2. 1. Conflict Profiles No access
  2. The Cases Compared: Domestic Conflict No access
  3. Conclusion No access
3. 1. Prerequisites for Domestic Conflict Resolution and National Security in Southern Africa No access
  2. The Role of States and Societies in Problem Solving No access
  3. Southern Africa's State-Building Experience in Historical Perspective No access
  4. Democracy and Conflict Resolution No access
  5. Prerequisites for Democracy in Southern Africa No access
  6. Sustaining Democracy in Southern Africa No access
  7. Conflict Resolution and the Crisis of Economic Productivity No access
  8. Conclusion No access
1. 1. Spillover Conflict in a New Southern Africa No access
  2. Territorial Conflicts No access
  3. Interdependency Conflicts No access
  4. Asymmetry Conflicts in Southern Africa No access
  5. Toward Regional Conflict Resolution: Existing Norms and Institutions No access
  6. What Is to Be Done? No access
2. 1. Reaping the Whirlwind: Cumulative Legacies No access
  2. Partial Triumphs of Conflict Resolution No access
  3. Requisites for Regional Security No access
  4. The Need for International Action No access
Appendix: Guide to the Countries of Southern Africa No access Pages 307 - 308
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