Violent power, civilian exclusion and the M23

Main author: Marriage, Zoe
Format: Monographs and Working Papers           
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Summary: Violence in eastern DRC is portrayed by western countries in terms of abject failure: people or events in the Congo (or Rwanda) have caused peacebuilding and development processes to fail. But the M23 is a direct result of processes that legitimate violent power.
Language: English
Published: Open Democracy 2012