Tunde Zack-Williams is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Central Lancashire. He was President of the UK African Studies Association from 2006 to 2008. He is the author of When the State Fails: Studies on Intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War (Pluto, 2011), The Quest for Sustainable Peace: The 2007 Sierra Leone Elections (2008), co-editor of Africa in Crisis: New Challenges and Possibilities (Pluto, 2002) and African Mosaic: Political, Social, Economic and Technological Development in the New Millennium (2009). He is a handling editor of the Review of African Political Economy and a member of the Africa Panel of the British Academy.

'This volume by Sierra Leonean academics offers wide-ranging insights on the causes and dynamics of the Sierra Leone conflict. It provides valuable information on security sector reform and the role of external actors in peace building'

• PrefaceAbreviations Map of Sierra LeonePart IIntroduction: Background to War and Post-conflict Peace building, by Tunde Zack-Williams, 1. Multilateral Intervention in Sierra Leone’s Civil War: Some Structural Explanations, by Tunde Zack-Williams2. International Actors and Democracy Promotion in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone: Time for Stock-taking, by Marcella Macauley3. International Peace building in Sierra Leone: The Case of the United Kingdom, by Michael Kargbo4. Intervention and Peace-Building in Sierra Leone: A Critical Perspective, by Jimmy KandehPart II5. The Role of External Actors in Sierra Leone’s Security Reform, by Osman Gbla6. Gender, Conflict and Peace building in Africa: The Sierra Leone Experience, by Sylvia Macauley7. Youth Marginalization in Post-War Sierra Leone: Mapping out the Challenges for Peace, by J. D. Ekundayo-Thompson8. Conflict and Peace building in Sierra Leone: The Role of the Sierra Leone Diasporas, by Zubairu WaiConclusionAppendix 1 & 2Bibliography About the Authors IndexIndex

Tunde Zack-Williams is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Central Lancashire. He was President of the UK African Studies Association from 2006 to 2008. He is the author of When the State Fails: Studies on Intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War (Pluto, 2011), The Quest for Sustainable Peace: The 2007 Sierra Leone Elections (2008), co-editor of Africa in Crisis: New Challenges and Possibilities (Pluto, 2002) and African Mosaic: Political, Social, Economic and Technological Development in the New Millennium (2009). He is a handling editor of the Review of African Political Economy and a member of the Africa Panel of the British Academy.

'This volume by Sierra Leonean academics offers wide-ranging insights on the causes and dynamics of the Sierra Leone conflict. It provides valuable information on security sector reform and the role of external actors in peace building'

• PrefaceAbreviations Map of Sierra LeonePart IIntroduction: Background to War and Post-conflict Peace building, by Tunde Zack-Williams, 1. Multilateral Intervention in Sierra Leone’s Civil War: Some Structural Explanations, by Tunde Zack-Williams2. International Actors and Democracy Promotion in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone: Time for Stock-taking, by Marcella Macauley3. International Peace building in Sierra Leone: The Case of the United Kingdom, by Michael Kargbo4. Intervention and Peace-Building in Sierra Leone: A Critical Perspective, by Jimmy KandehPart II5. The Role of External Actors in Sierra Leone’s Security Reform, by Osman Gbla6. Gender, Conflict and Peace building in Africa: The Sierra Leone Experience, by Sylvia Macauley7. Youth Marginalization in Post-War Sierra Leone: Mapping out the Challenges for Peace, by J. D. Ekundayo-Thompson8. Conflict and Peace building in Sierra Leone: The Role of the Sierra Leone Diasporas, by Zubairu WaiConclusionAppendix 1 & 2Bibliography About the Authors IndexIndex

Tunde Zack-Williams is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Central Lancashire. He was President of the UK African Studies Association from 2006 to 2008. He is the author of When the State Fails: Studies on Intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War (Pluto, 2011), The Quest for Sustainable Peace: The 2007 Sierra Leone Elections (2008), co-editor of Africa in Crisis: New Challenges and Possibilities (Pluto, 2002) and African Mosaic: Political, Social, Economic and Technological Development in the New Millennium (2009). He is a handling editor of the Review of African Political Economy and a member of the Africa Panel of the British Academy.

'This volume by Sierra Leonean academics offers wide-ranging insights on the causes and dynamics of the Sierra Leone conflict. It provides valuable information on security sector reform and the role of external actors in peace building'

• PrefaceAbreviations Map of Sierra LeonePart IIntroduction: Background to War and Post-conflict Peace building, by Tunde Zack-Williams, 1. Multilateral Intervention in Sierra Leone’s Civil War: Some Structural Explanations, by Tunde Zack-Williams2. International Actors and Democracy Promotion in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone: Time for Stock-taking, by Marcella Macauley3. International Peace building in Sierra Leone: The Case of the United Kingdom, by Michael Kargbo4. Intervention and Peace-Building in Sierra Leone: A Critical Perspective, by Jimmy KandehPart II5. The Role of External Actors in Sierra Leone’s Security Reform, by Osman Gbla6. Gender, Conflict and Peace building in Africa: The Sierra Leone Experience, by Sylvia Macauley7. Youth Marginalization in Post-War Sierra Leone: Mapping out the Challenges for Peace, by J. D. Ekundayo-Thompson8. Conflict and Peace building in Sierra Leone: The Role of the Sierra Leone Diasporas, by Zubairu WaiConclusionAppendix 1 & 2Bibliography About the Authors IndexIndex