Understanding human well-being/ ed. by Mark McGillivray and Matthew Clarke.

Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Researching violently divided societies: Ethical, methodological, and policy issues; 1 Insider-outsider issues in researching violent and divided societies; 2 Preventing and managing violent conflict: The role of the researcher; Part II: Researching ethnic conflict and violent division: African case studies; 3 The role and function of research in a divided society: A case study of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria; 4 Methodological lessons: Working with Liberian and Togolese refugees in Ghana. 5 Applying social work practice to the study of ethnic militias: The Oduduwa People's Congress in Nigeria6 Researching ethno-political conflicts and violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo; 7 Accessing the child's voice: Methods used in South Africa; 8 Certainty, subjectivity, and truth: Reflections on the ethics of wartime research in Angola; 9 Gender research in violently divided societies: Methods and ethics of ''international'' researchers in Rwanda; Conclusion: Reflections on contemporary research in Africa; Index.