Local Violence, National Peace? Postwar "Settlement" in the Eastern D.R. Congo (2003-2006)

Articles:

Title:: Local Violence, National Peace? Postwar "Settlement" in the Eastern D.R. Congo (2003-2006)
Author(s):: Autesserre, Severine
Date:: 2006
Type:: Articles
Department:: Political Science (Barnard College)
Volume:: 49
Permanent URL:: http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:12722
Book/Journal Title:: African Studies Review
Abstract:: This article develops a conceptual analysis of the dynamics of violence during the transition from war to peace and democracy in the Democratic Republic of Congo between 2003 and 2006. I locate the sources, at the local, national, and regional levels, of continued local violence during this transition. Through an analysis of the situation in the Kivus, I illustrate how local dynamics interacted with the national and regional dimensions of the conflict. I demonstrate that, after a national and regional settlement was reached, some local conflicts over land and political power increasingly became self-sustaining and autonomous from the national and regional tracks.
Subject(s):: Political science
Peace studies
International relations
DOI:: 10.1353/arw.2007.0007