Sovereignty as Responsibility: Conflict Management in Africa

by Terrence Lyons, Francis Mading Deng, Sadikiel Kimaro

Book Overview

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The authors assert that sovereignty can no longer be seen as a protection against interference, but as a charge of responsibility where the state is accountable to both domestic and external constituencies. In internal conflicts in Africa, sovereign states have often failed to take responsibility for their own citizens' welfare and for the humanitarian consequences of conflict, leaving the victims with no assistance. This book shows how that responsibility...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815718276
• ISBN13: 9780815718277
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"