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The new African civil-military relations /
In 1973, Yashev Raval wrote The Power of Wisdom, correctly pointing out that collusion between East and West had kept not only the balance of terror but provided the glue that kept geographic spheres of influence stable. Africa was part of that arena for global rivalry. With the collapse of the Unio...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Pretoria :
The African Public Policy and Research Institute (APPRI),
2015.
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| Colección: | International African studies' perspective.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1
- International African Studies' Perspectives:T he new African civil-military relations phase in African states' development; INTRODUCTION; DEFINITIONS; WHAT IS NEW?; POST-1990S AFRICA AND ITS CMR DUAL CHALLENGES OF THE STABLE COUP AND THIRD TERM ASPIRANTS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Chapter 2
- The Process of Democratisation and the Main Military Challenges to Nation Building in Libya; THE ARAB SPRING'S MANY FACES; LIBYA UNDER THE REBEL'S RULE; MAKING A FAILED STATE: SEPARATISM IN LIBYA.
- Democracy, the 'might-have-been' Libya and NATO's involvementPERSPECTIVES AND OPINIONS; NOTES; REFERENCES; Chapter 3
- Civil-Military Relations in Benin: Out of the barracks and back
- now what?; UNDERSTANDING THE ORIGINS OF THE MILITARY; THE ARMY'S CREATION AND ROLE BEFORE INDEPENDENCE; HIGH MILITARY VISIBILITY PERIOD (1960-1972); PRE-1972 MILITARY INTERVENTIONS AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE; MARXIST-LENINIST WANDERING (1972-1990); PUBLIC ATTITUDES TO THE ARMY (1972-1974); REORIENTATION OF CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS AFTER 1974; STRUCTURAL INNOVATIONS AND CONTINUITY; ARMY POLITICS AND IDEOLOGY.
- THE ARMY AND THE NATIONAL CONFERENCERETURN TO THE BARRACKS (1990-2014); NOTES; REFERENCES; Chapter 4
- Post-Liberation Relapse and Aborted Social Contract? Isaias Afwerki and Eritrea (1991-2015); STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM; BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW; APPROACH, METHODOLOGY AND ASSUMPTIONS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; ISAIAS AFWERKI'S EPLF AND ERITREA'S POST-INDEPENDENCE POLITICS; ERITREA'S POLITICS IN PERSPECTIVE; IMPLICATIONS FOR PEACE-BUILDING AND CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS; RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ERITREA'S DEMOCRATISATION; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES.
- Chapter 5
- Democratisation in Kenya: The ambiguity of foreign military assistanceTHE KENYA CASE; DEMOCRACY IN KENYA; Freedom in the World, Freedom House; Exclusiveness in Kenya; Conclusion; THE PROFESSIONAL MILITARY POSITION; Professionalism; Conclusion; FOREIGN MILITARY ASSISTANCE IN KENYA; FMA in Kenya; FMA programme analysis; Conclusion; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; Chapter 6
- Challenges of Relationships and Social Identities: The paradox of the consequences of Kenya's military intervention in Somalia; INTRODUCTION; CONTEXTUALISING SOMALIA'S CRISIS AND KENYA'S MILITARY INTERVENTION.
- IDEOLOGICAL TRAJECTORIES AND ITS STAMP IN REGIONAL SECURITY TERRAINTHE RISE OF AL SHABAAB TERRORISTS, INTERVENTIONS AND CONSEQUENCES; CONTENTIONS OF SOMALI IDENTITY/RELATIONSHIPS AND REFUGEE STATUS IN KENYA; POLITICAL GAINS AT THE EXPENSE OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS; KDF: PROFESSIONALISM OR COLONIAL LEGACY BURDEN?; SECURITY AND REGIONAL ALLIANCES CHALLENGES IN THE WAKE OF ASYMMETRICAL THREATS; CMR IN CONFLICT SITUATIONS; CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS; NOTES; REFERENCES; Chapter 7
- The Role of the Military in Politics in Africa's 'Phantom State': The Central African Republic, 1960-2014.