Conflict & security in Africa /

Spanning the period from the cold war to the 'war on terror', examines the political economy dynamics of security and insecurity on the continent, as well as its implications for political actions.BR>

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Abrahamsen, Rita, 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge, Suffolk : James Currey, 2013.
Colección:ROAPE African readers.
Temas:
Since 1960
Conflict management > Africa.
Security, International > Africa.
Peace-building > Africa.
Gestion des conflits > Afrique.
Consolidation de la paix > Afrique.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Economy.
Conflict management
Economic history
Peace-building
Politics and government
Security, International
Africa > Politics and government > 1960-
Africa > Economic conditions > 1960-
Afrique > Politique et gouvernement > 1960-
Afrique > Conditions économiques > 1960-
Africa
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Section 1. Global economies, state collapse & conflicts
  • Ironies of Post-Cold War structural adjustment in Sierra Leone
  • Timber booms, state busts : the political economy of Liberian timber
  • Petro-insurgency or criminal syndicate? conflict & violence in the Niger delta
  • Oil as the "curse" of conflict in Africa : peering through smoke and mirrors
  • Defence expenditures, arms procurement & corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa. Section 2. Global security governance
  • Somalia : "they created a desert & called it peace(building)"
  • The Burundi peace negotiations : an African experience in peace-making
  • Blair's Africa : the politics of securitisation and fear
  • Abductions, kidnappings, and killings in the Sahel and the Sahara. Section 3. Cultures of conflict & insecurity
  • The political economy of sacrifice : Kinois & the state
  • A city under siege : banditry & modes of accumulation in Nairobi, 1991-2004
  • Cote d'Ivoire : patriotism, ethno-nationalism & other African modes of self-writing
  • Beyond civil society : child soldiers as citizens in Mozambique.

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