Researching conflict in Africa : insights and experiences /
edited by Elisabeth Porter, Gillian Robinson, Marie Smyth, albrecht Schnabel and Eghosa Osaghae.
- Tokyo : United Nations University Press, 2005.
- xiii, 170 p. ; 24 cm.
A research programme at the International Conflict Research (INCORE), University of Ulster in collaboration with the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CEPACS), University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: Researching violently divided societies : ethical, methodological, and policy issues 1. Insider-outsider issues in researching violent and divided societies / Marie Smyth -- 2. Preventing and managing violent conflict : the role of the researcher / Albrecht Schnabel -- Part II : Researching ethnic conflict and violent division : African case studies 3. The role and function of research in a divided society : a case study of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria / Bolanle Akande Adetoun -- 4. Methodological lessons : working with Liberian and Togolese refugees in Ghana / Dominic Agyeman -- 5. Applying social work practice to the study of ethnic militias : The Oduduwa People's Congress in Nigeria / Isaac Olawale Albert -- 6. Researching ethno-political conflicts and violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo / Arsene Mwaka Bwenge -- 7. Accessing the child's voice : methods used in South Africa / Jacqui Gallinetti -- 8. Certainty, subjectivity, and truth : reflections on the ethics of wartime research in Angola / J. Zoe Wilson -- 9. Gender research in violently divided societies : methods and ethics of "international" researchers in Rwanda / Erin K. Baines.
9789280811193 9789280870992 (eBook)
CASE STUDIES
GROUP CONFLICT PREVENTION
VIOLENCE RESEARCH
AFRICA
ETHNIC CONFLICT
SOCIAL CONFLICT
A research programme at the International Conflict Research (INCORE), University of Ulster in collaboration with the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CEPACS), University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: Researching violently divided societies : ethical, methodological, and policy issues 1. Insider-outsider issues in researching violent and divided societies / Marie Smyth -- 2. Preventing and managing violent conflict : the role of the researcher / Albrecht Schnabel -- Part II : Researching ethnic conflict and violent division : African case studies 3. The role and function of research in a divided society : a case study of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria / Bolanle Akande Adetoun -- 4. Methodological lessons : working with Liberian and Togolese refugees in Ghana / Dominic Agyeman -- 5. Applying social work practice to the study of ethnic militias : The Oduduwa People's Congress in Nigeria / Isaac Olawale Albert -- 6. Researching ethno-political conflicts and violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo / Arsene Mwaka Bwenge -- 7. Accessing the child's voice : methods used in South Africa / Jacqui Gallinetti -- 8. Certainty, subjectivity, and truth : reflections on the ethics of wartime research in Angola / J. Zoe Wilson -- 9. Gender research in violently divided societies : methods and ethics of "international" researchers in Rwanda / Erin K. Baines.
9789280811193 9789280870992 (eBook)
CASE STUDIES
GROUP CONFLICT PREVENTION
VIOLENCE RESEARCH
AFRICA
ETHNIC CONFLICT
SOCIAL CONFLICT