Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Foreword VII
4. Foreword XI
5. Acknowledgments XV
6. Map of ECOWAS States XVIII
7. 1 Introduction 1
8. PART I Context
9. 2 ECOWAS: A Retrospective Journey 19
10. 3 The Travails of Integration 51
11. 4 The Dilemmas of Regionalization 69
12. PART 2 Challenges
13. 5 Governance and Democratization 91
14. 6 The Fifth Wave of Pan-Africanism 117
15. 7 Civil-Military Relations 145
16. 8 Rebel Movements 169
17. 9 The Political Economy of Conflict 195
18. 10 Small Arms, Light Weapons 223
19. 11 Children and Armed Conflict 245
20. PART 3 Regional and External Actors
21. 12 Civil Society 263
22. 13 Pax West Africana? Regional Security Mechanisms 291
23. 14 The United Nations 319
24. 15 France, Britain, and the United States 349
25. PART 4 Conclusion
26. 16 West Africa's Post-Cold War Security Challenges 381
27. Acronyms 395
28. Bibliography 401
29. The Contributors 419
30. Index 425
31. About the Book 449