The Politics of Peace in Mozambique - by Carrie Manning (Hardcover)

About the Book

Manning examines issues of democratization and conflict resolution through the lens of the Mozambican experience from 1992-2000. Since the end of the Cold War, a formal democratization process has been at the center of virtually every negotiated peace agreement to end a civil conflict. Nearly a decade after the Rome peace accord put an end to 16 years of civil war, Mozambique stands out as one of the world's most unlikely postwar democratization success stories. What accounts for the durability of the postwar political settlement? What lessons does the Mozambican experience hold for other such cases?

Relying on original research conducted in Mozambique between 1994 and 1999, Manning argues that the country's relatively successful postwar political settlement depends upon the ability of the system to accommodate conflicting notions of democratic and system legitimacy, through routine recourse to processes of sustained elite bargaining which supplement formal democratic institutions. In building her case, Manning provides a thorough and provocative analysis of the country's civil conflict, presents ground-breaking work on the transformation of the Renamo rebel group into a political party, and the separation of the Relimo party-state into its respecive components, and he presents a clear-eyed analysis of the lessons and limits of Mozambique's postwar success. Of particular interest to scholars, students, and policymakers involved with democratization, conflict resolution, and southern African politics.

Book Synopsis

Manning examines issues of democratization and conflict resolution through the lens of the Mozambican experience from 1992-2000. Since the end of the Cold War, a formal democratization process has been at the center of virtually every negotiated peace agreement to end a civil conflict. Nearly a decade after the Rome peace accord put an end to 16 years of civil war, Mozambique stands out as one of the world's most unlikely postwar democratization success stories. What accounts for the durability of the postwar political settlement? What lessons does the Mozambican experience hold for other such cases?

Relying on original research conducted in Mozambique between 1994 and 1999, Manning argues that the country's relatively successful postwar political settlement depends upon the ability of the system to accommodate conflicting notions of democratic and system legitimacy, through routine recourse to processes of sustained elite bargaining which supplement formal democratic institutions. In building her case, Manning provides a thorough and provocative analysis of the country's civil conflict, presents ground-breaking work on the transformation of the Renamo rebel group into a political party, and the separation of the Relimo party-state into its respecive components, and he presents a clear-eyed analysis of the lessons and limits of Mozambique's postwar success. Of particular interest to scholars, students, and policymakers involved with democratization, conflict resolution, and southern African politics.

Review Quotes

"Carrie Manning has provided a focused analysis of party politics in Mozambique in the years following the implementation of the 1992 Peace Accord....Carrie Manning has provided us with the first book-length study of party dynamics in Mozabique, and many of her insights are worth further study....[a]nyone who wonders why Renamo continues to disrupt parliamentary proceedings more than a decade after the end of the war will appreciate what Manning has to say in this book."-African Studies Review

"Carrie Manning has provided us with the first book-length study of party dynamics in Mozambique, and many of her insights are worth furthur study....[a]nyone who wonders why Renamo continues to disrupt parliamentary proceedings more than a decade after the end of the war will appreciate what Manning has to say in this book."-African Studies Review

?Carrie Manning has provided a focused analysis of party politics in Mozambique in the years following the implementation of the 1992 Peace Accord....Carrie Manning has provided us with the first book-length study of party dynamics in Mozabique, and many of her insights are worth further study....[a]nyone who wonders why Renamo continues to disrupt parliamentary proceedings more than a decade after the end of the war will appreciate what Manning has to say in this book.?-African Studies Review

?Carrie Manning has provided us with the first book-length study of party dynamics in Mozambique, and many of her insights are worth furthur study....[a]nyone who wonders why Renamo continues to disrupt parliamentary proceedings more than a decade after the end of the war will appreciate what Manning has to say in this book.?-African Studies Review

About the Author

nning /f Carrie /i L./bCARRIE L. MANNING is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University in Atlanta.