New book: The Democratic Republic of the Congo – Problems, Progress and Prospects
09/12/2016This interdisciplinary volume "The Democratic Republic of the Congo – Problems, Progress and Prospects", edited by Julien Bobineau and Philipp Gieg, brings together sixteen English and French language contributions that add to an in-depth picture of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's current state of affairs. Oliver Schlenkrich, Christoph Mohamad-Klotzbach and Lukas Lemm also contributed a chapter.
The authors from various academic fields who research and teach at universities in Africa, Asia and Europe focus on political and economic perspectives, education and civil society, health and environment, the country's international relations as well as historical foundations.
They analyse the problems the country is facing but also point out where progress has been made, where possibilities lie – and how these possibilities can come to fruition.
The volume is edited by Julien Bobineau and Philipp Gieg, member of faculty at the Professorship for European Studies and International Relations. Both editors are members of the University of Würzburg’s Forum Africa Centre which provided support to make this publication possible. Julien and Philipp have co-founded the Forum Africa Centre’s young academics section Young Africa Centre which publishes the Young Africa Centre Series (Schriftenreihe Junges Afrikazentrum), an online journal for junior researchers and excellent students, and hosts regular events.
Besides editing the volume, Philipp Gieg contributed the chapter on "The Partnership of the Century? China’s Africa Policy and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the 21st Century". Oliver Schlenkrich, Christoph Mohamad-Klotzbach und Lukas Lemm from the Chair for Comparative Politics contributed the chapter "State Fragility in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1960-2014: A New Approach for Assessing the Quality of Statehood by Analysing the Relationship between Capacities, Challenges and State Actors".
