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Development, Social Justice and Conflict Prevention in Africa: A Theoretical Reframing

Development, Social Justice and Conflict Prevention in Africa: A Theoretical Reframing

Okoi, Obasesam
Imoh, Colins
Velthuizen, Dries

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Studies in Peace, Conflict and Security in Africa

General Political Science

PREORDER - Expected ship date December 23, 2026

ISBN10: 104110135X
ISBN13: 9781041101352
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Dec 23 2026
Pages: 202
Language: English

This book advances a new theory of preventive development that reconsiders the relationship between development, social justice, and conflict prevention in Africa.

It argues that sustainable peace depends not simply on economic growth or security interventions, but on institutions that promote equity, political inclusion, legitimacy, and human dignity. Drawing on political philosophy, development studies, peace and conflict studies, and African political thought, the book develops an integrated account of how justice serves as the institutional foundation of sustainable peace. Through comparative analyses of Nigeria's Niger Delta, Tanzania, South Africa, and the Great Lakes region, it demonstrates how governance, resource distribution, political representation, environmental stewardship, and human capabilities shape trajectories of peace and conflict across the continent. By bringing together debates in development, social justice, and peacebuilding that have largely evolved in isolation, the book offers a new theoretical account of the institutional conditions under which development contributes to conflict prevention and sustainable peace.

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