Undoing Coups. Antonia Witt
Politics and Development in Contemporary Africa
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Rita Abrahamsen (University of Ottawa); Morten Boas (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs); David Booth (Overseas Development Institute); Padraig Carmody (Trinity College Dublin); Neil Carrier (University of Bristol); Fantu Cheru (Leiden University); Kevin Dunn (Hobart and William Smith Colleges); Amanda Hammar (University of Copenhagen); Alcinda Honwana (Open University); Paul Jackson (University of Birmingham); Gabrielle Lynch (University of Warwick); Zachariah Mampilly (Vassar College); Henning Melber (Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation); Garth A. Myers (Trinity College Hartford Connecticut); Léonce Ndikumana (UMass Amherst); Cyril Obi (Social Science Research Council); Susan Parnell (University of Cape Town); Mareike Schomerus (Overseas Development Institute); Laura Seay (Morehouse College); Howard Stein (University of Michigan); Mats Utas (Uppsala University); Alex de Waal (Tufts University)
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Contesting Africa’s New Green Revolution: Biotechnology and Philanthrocapitalist Development in Ghana, Jacqueline Ignatova
Youth on the Move: Views from Below on Ethiopian International Migration, Fana Gebresenbet and Asnake Kefale
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Decolonizing Civil Society in Mozambique, Tanja Kleibl
War, Women and Post-Conflict Empowerment: Lessons from Sierra Leone, Josephine Beoku-Betts and Fredline M’Cormack-Hale
Angola’s Securitized State: Reframing Hegemonic Power and National Identity, Paula Roque
Economic Diversification in Nigeria: Fractious Politics and an Economy Beyond Oil, Zainab Usman
About the author
Antonia Witt is a Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), Germany. She has a background in International Relations, African Studies, and Peace and Conflict Research. Her main research interests are: international and (African) regional organizations, authority and legitimacy in the international realm, and societal effects of interventions in Africa.
Undoing Coups
The African Union and Post-coup
Intervention in Madagascar
Antonia Witt
Undoing Coups: The African Union and Post-coup Intervention in Madagascar was first published in 2020 by Zed Books Ltd, The Foundry, 17 Oval Way, London SE11 5RR, UK.
Copyright © Antonia Witt 2020
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Cover Image: Prison guards at Marofoto Prison, Mahajanga, Madagascar. (© Robin Hammond/Panos Pictures)
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Contents
1. Norms, intervention, and the making of orders
2. Crafting an African anti-coup manual