Africa : facing human security challenges in the 21st century /

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Africaís dynamic security environment is characterized by great diversityófrom conventional challenges such as insurgencies, resource and identity conflicts, and post-conflict stabilization to growing threats from piracy, narcotics trafficking, violent extremism, and organized crime taking root in...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mentan, Tatah (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, 2014.
Temas:
Human rights > Africa.
Civil rights > Africa.
Human security > Africa.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Afrique.
Sécurité humaine > Afrique.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Human rights
Civil rights
Human security
Africa
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations; Part I
  • Prologue, Introduction and Conceptual Considerations; Preview; Prologue: The Past and the Present; Chapter 1
  • Introduction; Overview; Introduction; References; Chapter 2
  • Conceptualizing Globalization, Hegemony, and Human (In)Security; Overview; Background; Conceptualizing Human Security; Why Use Neo-Gramscian Concept of Hegemony?; Hegemonic Globalization and Human (In)Security; Globalization as Westernization and Human (In)Security; Bibliography.
  • Part II
  • Challenges of Human Security In AfricaPreview; Chapter 3
  • Economic (In)security; Overview; Introduction; Economic Security: Conceptual Clarifications; Historical Background to Economic Insecurity in Africa; Globalization and Economic Insecurity in Africa; Global Economic Crisis; Debt Crisis and Structural Adjustment; Duplicity in Debt Relief; Deteriorating Terms of Trade; Managing terms of trade shocks; How long do shocks last?; How large are shocks?; What determines the duration of shocks?; Policy implications; Marginalization of Africa; Globalization, Poverty and Insecurity.
  • PauperizationRentier African elites; Bibliography; Chapter 4
  • Food and Nutrition Security; Overview; Introduction; Official concepts of food security; Conceptualizing Food and Nutrition Security; Food insecurity in Africa; Underlying Causes of Food Insecurity; Natural hazards; Conflict; Population growth; Food Insecurity in Rural Africa; Fragile ecosystems; Low-productivity agriculture; Neglected pastoralism; Weak knowledge and information systems; Narrow livelihood base; Causes of food insecurity and malnutrition in Africa; The uneven effects of liberalization; Weak infrastructure.
  • Poor healthLow standards of education; Geographic Areas of Interest; Lesotho; Consequences of food insecurity and malnutrition; Roles of Governments and development partners; Future challenges and solutions; Summary; Solutions; Recommendations; Bibliography; Chapter 5
  • Environmental Challenges to Human Security; Overview; Introduction; Exploring the Concept of Environmental Security; What is Environmental Security?; Environmental Security Definitions; On-Going Environmental Security Challenges in Africa; Environmental Issues Impact on Security; Vulnerability and Security.
  • Environmental Stress as a Source of ConflictDumping of Toxic Waste; Land and Soil/Degradation; Watershed degradation; Climate Change, Conflicts, and Human Insecurity; Climate Change and Lake Chad Level fluctuations; Link between Climate Change and Human Insecurity; Specific Linkages between Climate Change and Security; Coping with Environmental Insecurity in Africa; Bibliography; Chapter 6
  • Globalization and Challenges of Political Insecurity in Africa; Overview; Introduction; Background; The Colonial State; Elites; The African Experience of Power Elites; Political freedom.

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