African solutions to African challenges: explaining the role of legitimacy in mediating civil wars in Africa

Thesis

The current scholarly literature on the international mediation of armed conflicts predominantly draws on a rationalist-materialist perspective. This perspective suggests that the ticket to mediation success is the material manipulation of the bargaining environment by third parties with a high degree of economic and military resources. In this dissertation I argue against those that highlight material power when explaining outcomes of international mediation processes. Indeed, this dissertat...

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Authors: Duursma, A

• DOI: 10.5287/ora-a48ry4q7y
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: peace agreement; Darfur; Sudan; legitimacy; civil war; norms; Africa; international mediation; capacity