LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY

LESLIE SILVER INTERNATIONAL FACULTY SCHOOL OF APPLIED GLOBAL ETHICS

MASTERS THESIS

A

CRITICAL

REVIEW IN

OF

ANGOLA CONFLICT

CIVIL

SOCIETY

ORGANISATIONS AND

PARTICIPATION

POST

NATIONAL

DEVELOPMENT

RECONSTRUCTION

SUBMITTED BY: Joselito Augusto Da Silva ID: 77063321 April 2010

A project completed in partial fulfilmentof the requirements of a Master of Development and Peace Studies. School of Applied Global Ethics at the Leeds Metropolitan University

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i. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to express here my sincere acknowledgement to the whole staff of School of Applied Global Ethics for their commitment. Their support, their attention and their openness were incommensurable. I extend my gratitude to mySupervisor Professor Lankshman Dissanayaka and Tutor Carolynn Rankin for their encouragement, patience and compassion. Also I express my sincere gratitude to my partner Beto Wambanza and children, families and friends for their compassion, their support, and their continuous encouragement and understanding.

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ii. Contents
Map of Angola………………………………………………………………………………..4
Acronyms……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. .5 Abstract……………………………………………..…………………………………………………………….6 Chapter One 1.1. Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7 1.2. Rational…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 8 1.3. Statement of the Research Problems ……………………………………………………………………………… 9 1.4. Aims and Objectives of the Study …………………………………………………………………………………. 10 1.5. Question………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 10 1.6. Research Methodology and Approach ………………………………………………………………………….. 11 1.7. Data Collection Techniques………………………………………………………………………………………….. 13 1.8. Documentation Review…………………………………………………………………………………………………. 13 1.9. Data Analysis ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 16 10. Data Presentation………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 16 11. Significance of the Study ………………………………………………………………………………………………. 16 12. Ethical Consideration ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 17 13. Literature Review………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 17 14. Conceptual Clarification ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 21 15. Dissertation Organisation and Structure………………………………………………………………………… 23 Chapter Two 2.1. Pre and Post nationalDevelopment and Reconstruction……………………………………………….. 25 Chapter Three 3.1 Role of Civil Society organisation in Angola ………………………………………………………………….. 39 Chapter Four 4.1. Present Political and Social State in Angola ………………………………………………………………….. 49 Chapter Five 5.1….