Witt, Antonia,

Undoing coups : the African Union and post-coup Intervention in Madagascar / Antonia Witt. - xvii, 282 p. ; - Politics and development in contemporary Africa . - Politics and development in contemporary Africa. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Cover -- Series Page -- Half Title -- About the author -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction. Return to what? -- What we know so far -- Introducing the case -- The argument in brief -- Methods and data -- Outline of the book -- Chapter 1: Norms, intervention, and the making of orders. Legitimate authority, the international, and the constitution of orders -- International organizations and the dissemination of legitimacy principles -- Intervention as transboundary formation: spaces of politics and power Chapter 2: Crafting an African anti-coup manual. Early experiments: from anti-imperialism to 'the people' -- Writing an anti-coup manual -- The Charter project: contesting and expanding the manual -- 'Zero tolerance': strengthening the manual, strengthening the AU -- Expansion and claims of the African anti-coup manual -- Chapter 3: What 'crise malgache'? 2009: whose 'crise malgache'? -- Chapter 4: The intervention scenario. The four mouvances -- The international interveners -- The mediation team(s) -- The politics of unconstitutional changes of government 5: The logic of intervention. Reordering what? Transition as executive politics -- Reordering with whom, for whom? Faking inclusivity -- Reordering how? Between pressure and evasion -- Chapter 6: Reproducing old, legitimating new orders. Reordering Madagascar -- Reordering the international -- Chapter 7: Politics and power of post-coup interventions. Madagascar in the bigger picture -- Implications -- So, what to do? -- Notes -- References -- List of interviews -- Index.

An in-depth analysis of international intervention in Madagascar following the 2009 coup, and what it means for African 'anti-coup' efforts.

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019888414 Uk 020254385 Uk


African Union.


2000-2099


Legitimacy of governments--Africa.
Peace studies & conflict resolution.
Politics and government.


Madagascar--History
Africa--Politics and government--21st century.


History.

DT30.5