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1 online resource |
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Routledge handbooks |
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Routledge handbooks.
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Cover; Routledge Handbook of African Security; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Part I The African security predicament in the twenty-first century; 1 Introduction: African security in the twenty-first century; 2 The African security predicament; 3 Conflict and war in Africa; 4 Human security versus national security in Africa: developmental versus failed states among the rest; 5 Terrorism and counterterrorism in Africa: evolving focus; 6 States, boundaries, and regional collapse in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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7 Peacekeeping in Africa after the Cold War: trends and challengesPart II Understanding conflict in Africa; 8 Understanding African guerrillas: from liberation struggles to warlordism and international terrorism?; 9 Resources and conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa; 10 The state system and Africa's permanent instability; 11 Security sector reform in Africa; 12 Humanitarian aid and conflict: from humanitarian neutralism to humanitarian intervention; 13 Separatism in Africa; 14 The gendered subject of violence in African conflicts; 15 The environment and conflict in Africa |
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Part III Regionalism and Africa16 Regionalism in Africa: concepts and context; 17 The African Union and African security; 18 ECOWAS-AU security relations; 19 The Southern African Development Community (SADC) and South Africa; 20 IGAD and regional security in the Horn; 21 Regional security cooperation in Central Africa: what perspectives after ten years of peace and security operations?; Part IV External influences; 22 China's role in African security; 23 Comprehensive security versus competing interests: the EU's Africa policy on a balancing act |
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24 U.S. security policy in Sub-Saharan Africa after the Cold War25 The United Nations and African security; 26 The Afro-Arab security nexus; 27 Still "getting away with it": France's Africa defense and security policy; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This new Handbook examines the issues, challenges, and debates surrounding the problem of security in Africa. Africa is home to most of the world's current conflicts, and security is a key issue. However, African security can only be understood by employing different levels of analysis: the individual (human security), the state (national/state security), and the region (regional/international security). Each of these levels provides analytical tools for understanding what could be called the ""African security predicament"" and these debates are animated by the ""new security"" issue |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
James J.Hentz is Professor and Chair of the Department of International Studies and Political Science at the Virginia Military Institute. He is the co-editor of New and Critical Security and Regionalism: Beyond the Nation State (2003), editor of Obligation of Empire: U.S. Grand Strategy for a New Century (2004), and author of South Africa and the Logic of Regional Cooperation (2005) and The Nature of War in Africa (forthcoming).He is also editor-in-chief of the leading journal African Security |
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Security, International -- Africa
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National security -- Africa
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Public safety -- Africa
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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HISTORY / Africa / General
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / General
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General
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National security
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Public safety
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Säkerhetspolitik.
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Security, International
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Internationell säkerhet.
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Africa
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| Genre/Form |
handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Hentz, James J.
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| ISBN |
9781135082116 |
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1135082111 |
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9780203797105 |
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0203797108 |
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0203682149 |
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9780203682142 |
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9781135082185 |
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1135082189 |
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9781135082253 |
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1135082251 |
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