Download or read book Political Economy of the Great Lakes Region of Africa written by Stefaan Marysse and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-03-17 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the international factors such as enforced democracy and globalization that have affected the Great Lakes region of Africa. The horrendous consequences in terms of violence and human suffering of the events in this area have been exhibited in the media, however news coverage after 1994 was at times unreliable. This book takes a look at life since then, adopting an independent, and on occasion controversial perspective.