The Security Arena In Africa
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Author |
: Tim Glawion |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 275 |
Release |
: 2020-01-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781108659833 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1108659837 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Security Arena in Africa by : Tim Glawion
The labels 'state fragility' and 'civil war' suggest that security within several African countries has broken down. As Tim Glawion observes, however, while people do experience insecurity in some parts of conflict-affected countries, in other areas they live in relative security. Conducting in-depth field-research between 2014 and 2018, The Security Arena in Africa is based on first-hand insights into South Sudan and the Central African Republic during their ongoing civil wars, and Somalia's breakaway state of Somaliland. Gaining valuable accounts from the people whose security is at stake, this bottom-up perspective on discussions of peace and security tells vivid stories from the field to explore complex security dynamics, making theoretical insights translatable to real-world experiences and revealing how security is created and undermined in these fragile states.
Author |
: Tim Glawion |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 275 |
Release |
: 2020-01-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781108493376 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1108493378 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Security Arena in Africa by : Tim Glawion
Based on in-depth fieldwork, Tim Glawion explores how local security functions in some of the world's most fragile states across Central and East Africa.
Author |
: Tim Glawion |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2018 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:1187580952 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Synopsis Security Arena by : Tim Glawion
Author |
: Daniel Silander |
Publisher |
: Emerald Group Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 201 |
Release |
: 2022-04-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781802629293 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1802629297 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis South Africa’s Democracy at the Crossroads by : Daniel Silander
South Africa's democracy faces increasing challenges from within, whether from protest, bad governance or general public dissatisfaction. South Africa ́s Democracy at the Crossroads explores the question; what are the challenges to future democratization in South Africa?
Author |
: Alexandre Marc |
Publisher |
: World Bank Publications |
Total Pages |
: 215 |
Release |
: 2015-06-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781464804656 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1464804656 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Challenge of Stability and Security in West Africa by : Alexandre Marc
Since independence, the West African sub-region has been an arena for a number of large-scale conflicts and civil wars, as well as simmering and low-intensity uprisings. Contrary to perceptions, West Africa in its post-independence history has experienced fewer conflict events and fatalities from conflict than the other sub-regions on the continent. The turn of the millennium has witnessed the recession of large-scale and conventional conflict, and it has ushered in new and emerging threats. The specters of religious extremism, maritime piracy, and narcotics trafficking threaten to undermine some of the progress achieved in recent years. The Challenge of Stability and Security in West Africa critically examines the key drivers of conflict and violence, and the way in which they impact the countries of the sub-region. In addition to emerging threats, these drivers include the challenges of youth inclusion, migration, sub-regional imbalances, and extractives, as well as challenges related to the fragility of political institutions and managing the competition for power, reform of the security sector, and weakness of institutions related to land management. The book explores how the sub-region, under the auspices of the regional organization ECOWAS, has become a pioneer on the continent in terms of addressing regional challenges. The Challenge of Stability and Security in West Africa also identifies key lessons in the dynamics of resilience in the face of political violence and civil war drawn from CÃ ́te d'Ivoire, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, that can be useful for countries around the world in similar situations. It incorporates knowledge and findings from leading experts and provides insights from academics and development practitioners. Finally, the book identifies possible policy and programmatic responses and directions for policy dialogue at the national and international levels.
Author |
: Judy Smith-Höhn |
Publisher |
: LIT Verlag Münster |
Total Pages |
: 251 |
Release |
: 2010 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783643800749 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3643800746 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rebuilding the Security Sector in Post-conflict Societies by : Judy Smith-Höhn
In Liberia and Sierra Leone, strategies to reform and reconstruct the security sector have centred on re-establishing the state's monopoly on the use of force. However, little attention is given to the array of non-state actors that often play a major role in how individuals and communities experience security. Rebuilding the Security Sector in Post-Conflict Societies: Perceptions from Urban Liberia and Sierra Leone seek to address this gap by applying a human security approach to security provision across these two contexts. A key point of departure is that in the long run there can be no alternative within post-conflict societies to a locally owned security sector. Operationalising the concept of local ownership means that internationally-supported security sector reform (SSR) activities need to reflect these local realities. As explored within this study, fostering synergies between state and non-state security actors may therefore offer an important avenue to support more sustainable, legitimate SSR efforts. Judy Smith-H�¶hn is a senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies in Pretoria, South Africa. Prior to her present position she was a research fellow at the GIGA Institute of African Affairs in Hamburg, Germany and later a senior researcher at the Centre for Conflict Resolution in Cape Town in South Africa. Her thematic emphases lie in the areas of violent conflict and its prevention, and security sector reform within a regional focus on Liberia, Sierra Leone, Zambia and Zimbabwe. She has published nationally and internationally on topics ranging from security sector reform and postconflict peacebuilding to democratic transformation in South Africa. She holds a PhD from the University of Leipzig, Germany, and a Diplom (masters degree) in Political Science from the University of Hamburg, Germany.
Author |
: Jeremiah O. Asaka |
Publisher |
: Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages |
: 208 |
Release |
: 2022-05-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781000610109 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1000610101 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Synopsis Human Security and Sustainable Development in East Africa by : Jeremiah O. Asaka
This book investigates contemporary human security issues in East Africa, setting forth policy recommendations and a research agenda for future studies. Human security takes a people-centered rather than state-centered approach to security issues, focusing on whether people feel safe, free from fear, want, and indignity. This book investigates human security in East Africa, encompassing issues as diverse as migration, housing, climate change, displacement, food security, aflatoxins, land rights, and peace and conflict resolution. In particular, the book showcases innovative original research from African scholars based on the continent and abroad, and together the contributors provide policy recommendations and set forth a human security research agenda for East Africa, which encompasses Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti. As well as being useful for policy makers and practitioners, this book will interest researchers across African Studies, Security Studies, Environmental Studies, Political Science, Global Governance, International Relations, and Human Geography. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license
Author |
: Tunde Adeniran |
Publisher |
: Safari Books Limited |
Total Pages |
: 494 |
Release |
: 2020-12-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9785800806 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9789785800807 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis Africa's Security Challenges in the 21st Century by : Tunde Adeniran
Against the backdrop of a globalized world, with the key players having to contend with the changing nature of power in international relations and Africa of the 21st century faced with new realities, this book was conceived to expand and push the scope of inquiry into a new direction in strategic thinking. It was designed to examine various issues that are related to the security of Africa as a sub-system within the international system. The book is an attempt to examine how some basic security issues define the position of Africa within the international system and determine the dynamics of African participation in the ordering of a global world order. Part of the intention is to show the forms that the factors of African security would take in the foreseeable future as these factors would determine the relationship between African states and the non-African world as well as influence the developments within Africa itself.
Author |
: Gavin Cawthra |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 244 |
Release |
: 2009 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCSD:31822036485654 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis African Security Governance by : Gavin Cawthra
Africa faces a seemingly ever-increasing range of security challenges. This book is a result of research carried out by the Southern African Defense and Security Management Network (SADSEM) on new and emerging security issues, in cooperation with the Danish Institute for International Studies and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. The focus is on security governance - the role of state and a wide range of social actors in the areas of both human and state security. It deals with a range of sectors, themes and national case studies and makes an important contribution to debates on security sector reform. The topics covered include policing transformation, intelligence governance, regulation of private security actors, challenges of nuclear proliferation, regional security, peace diplomacy and peace missions, the relationship between development and security and new challenges in governance of the military.--Publisher's description.
Author |
: Fredrik Soderbaum |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 161 |
Release |
: 2013-09-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317985778 |
ISBN-13 |
: 131798577X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis Regional Organizations in African Security by : Fredrik Soderbaum
The African continent is plagued by some of the most brutal and violent conflicts in the world. At the same time that warfare is changing, so has the state’s capacity to provide security and political stability to its citizens. This book deals with the role of regional organizations in Africa’s security. It focuses on three basic—yet often overlooked—questions: (1) the advantages and disadvantages of African regional and sub-regional organizations vis-à-vis other security mechanisms, (2) the official and unofficial reasons to intervene, and (3) whether security is actually protected by the peace activities carried out by the regional organizations. The contributors to the book—all leading researchers in the field—systematically assess and compare the role of the African Union (AU), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). This book was based on a special issue of African Security.