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The fundamental challenges posed by the ideological rivalry during the cold war years remains a phenomenon that international relations has had to grapple with ten years after. This is particularly the case when analyzed from the perspective of the spate of violent conflicts and the number of irredentist movements across Africa that has characteristically altered the tussle for power. This has impacted on the nature, function, the use and abuse of power in this part of the world. Since September 11 there has been a reification of power as an important variable in coercing stability and peace in the world. However, what is lacking is an analysis of this understanding and its effect at the domestic level (state). This paper seeks to explore the varied implications of this phenomenon on international politics and how it impacts on the exercise of power in Africa. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is about the potential of terrorism in African Islamic movements and militancy. It describes the factors that contributed to the resurgence of these movements and militancy. In order to lessen ambiguities related to the plethora of definitions given to the Islamist phenomenon, I examine its various characterizations as introductory information indispensable to our understanding of the topic. Beginning with the encounter of sub-Saharian Africa with Islam, it covers a number of movements in different countries in the African continent: Nigeria, Tanzania, Senegal, Kenya, South Africa, Somalia, Ethiopia, Niger, Mali, Chad and Sudan. In all of these countries, the emergence of Islamic movements, their socio-political status are reviewed and their present position in relation to the ongoing debate on their perceived radicalization or their supposed threat of violence or terrorism is ivestigated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In many peace processes, rebel movements are encouraged to lay down their arms and transform into political parties. Various kinds of incentives are often offered, such as donor assistance, leadership training and power-sharing positions in transitional institutions. This paper asks how these external incentives interact with local dynamics, in order to explain patterns of political party development. Using structured, focused comparisons, this paper analyzes rebel movements and the transitions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (RCD-G and MLC), Mozambique (Renamo), Uganda (NRM), Burundi (CNDD-FDD) and Sierra Leone (RUF). It argues that the internal organizational structures of rebel movement vary enormously, and that different international strategies need to be developed for different kinds of movements. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Too often indigenous movements are lumped in with [anti-]globalization movements or the ?new social movements.? While in some respects this categorization fits, in other, more important respects it does not. Indigenous peoples have been resisting globalization and globalization-like forces for centuries in the western hemisphere, and for millennia in Africa and Eurasia. Still, the movements and forms of resistance have changed significantly over time. A key difference for indigenous movements is that they typically, but far from always, are not interested in reforming the system. Rather, they are interested in autonomy and preserving the own political-cultural space to remain different, and to maintain some degree of autonomy over their own social organization. In this latter sense they are often more serious or deeper challenges to neoliberalism than other movements. This paper explores and elaborates on these differences and their significance for our understanding of globalization and its reactions. ..PAT.-Conference Proceeding [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Womanism as a concept has been employed by a number of African feminist writers as the tool for development. The western concept of feminism therefore on the surface appears to be disclaimed by many as foreign concept. It also has served to aleniate male support as it seems rather confrontational while womanism seems to be consiliatary. But as these concept really different, the paper explores writers who have espoused the womanist tradition in contrast to feminist American writers and conclude the womanist tradition and feminism are different faces of the same coin. ..PAT.-Conference Proceeding [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]