Transition periods as founding pillars of democracy

Antonio Mapua Bambissa

Description

The purpose of this book is to explain why, after the occurrence of unconstitutional changes of government, a period of transition is necessary. The author sustains the view that periods of transition present opportunities to not only set up the structural foundations of the soul of the nation, but also to establish solid democratic institutions and durable peace. He believes that the success of a democratic transition is founded on the way transitional institutions are organised, as well as on their commitment to peace and to democratic values. Many instances are based in african countries.

Sujets

• Science politique
• Géopolitique
• Diplomatie
• Relations internationales
• Éthique
• Socio

Informations

• Publié par: L'Harmattan
• Date de parution: 01 juillet 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 42
• EAN13: 9782140013256
• Langue: Français
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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AnTónîo Mapua Bambissa

Transition periods as founding pillars of democracy and peace

Prefaced by Emmanuel Caulier

DIPLOMATIE ET STRATÉGIE

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António M APUA B AMBISSA Transition periods as founding pillars of democracy and peace Prefaced by Emmanuel Caulier

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I wish to acknowledge the precious support and encouragement that I received from my family, my wife Ana Paula Bambissa, my children, Belizze Bambissa and Lashinda Bambissa, my niece Jéssica Sitore, and my brothers, Guilherme Bambissa and Noé Bambissa. I also acknowledge the contribution made by my friend Silvério Sitoe, Mozambican painter, for having provided one of his paintings for the cover of this book. I dedicate this book to my parents Alberto Bambissa and Virgínia Maxica.

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ACRONYMS AND ABREVIATIONS AMISOM African Union Mission in Somalia AUUnion African CNRDRE Comité National pour de Redressement  de la Democratie et la Restauration  de l’Etat/Mali CNT Conseil National de Transition CENSADof Sahel-Saharan States Community  (Communité des Etats Sahelo-Sahariens) COMESAMarket for Eastern Common and Southern Africa EACAfrican Community East ECOMOG Economic Community of West African States  Monitoring Group ECCASCommunity Economic of Central African States ECOWASCommunity Economic of West African States EU European Union GDPDomestic Product Gross ICCCriminal Court International ICGs International Contact Groups ICG-M International Contact Group on Madagascar ICGLR International Conference on the Great Lakes Region IGAD Intergovernmental Authority on Development IOC Indian Ocean Commission MRURiver Union Mano LAS League of Arab States OIF Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie

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OAU PAIGC

PSC PRED

RECs RSCC

SADC TFG UE UN UNDP UNSC

Organisation of African Unity African Party for Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape-Vert (Partido Africano para a Independência da Guiné-Bissau e Cabo Verde) Peace and Security Council Plan por la Relance Economique Durable/Mali Regional Economic Communities Regional Sanctions Coordinating Committee Southern African Development Community Transitional Federal Government/Somalia Union Européenne United Nations United Nations Development Programme United Nations Security Council

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PREFACE

"To be prepared to have hope in what does not deceive, first one must despair in that which deceives."  Georges Bernanos

Democratic awareness is a historical emergence. The capacity to generate or regenerate democracy is often the result of a crisis. Despite antagonisms and the oppositions between times of peace and times of war, by a fragile miracle, the periods of transition contribute to the connection of the possible to the impossible. Antonio BAMBISSA speaks from experience. He was born in Mozambique, in the heart of the great African continent, in the southern zone of the southeast that borders the great lakes of Africa and interacts with the Indian Ocean. As a diplomat, he has had the time to observe and analyse the conflicts across his continent. He has asked himself questions with the mindset of both a field worker and a researcher, on what can tilt political situations in the direction of destruction or of creation. Here he suggests, with the acuity of an expert in political sciences, the scrutinisation of the very heart of political fragility where there is oscillation between the possible and impossible. He ventures with perceptiveness to adopt an unusual angle of attack. The analysis that he delivers here is therefore not classical and involves a certain amount of erudition. A former auditor at the Centre for Diplomatic and Strategic Studies in Paris, he seeks in an international context the geometric locus of contributing factors favouring the emergence of peace. He attempts to reveal the mechanics of this metamorphosis. He makes a difference by bringing

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