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1 online resource (297 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Struggle for Unity in Africa: The Dream and the Realism; Introduction; Pan-Africanism and African Unity; Kwame Nkrumah and the 'United States of Africa': The Dream and Realism; Establishment of the Organisation of African Unity: A Concrete Symbol of Pan-African Unity; From Addis Ababa to Lusaka: The Realism of the African Union; Conclusion; 2 African State System: The Bane of Disunity; Introduction |
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Defining and Theorising the State in AfricaCharacteristics of the State System: Crisis and Mythology of the African State; Failure, Collapse and Reconstruction of the African State: Implications for Building Regional Peace and Security Systems; Conclusion; 3 Africa at War Against Itself: Civil Wars and New Security Threats; Introduction; Wars and Armed Conflicts in Africa: Mapping the Conflict Scenario; Conflict Analysis and the Generations of Wars and Armed Conflicts in Africa; New Security Threats in Africa; Conclusion |
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4 Regional Organisations and Humanitarian Intervention in Complex Political Emergencies in AfricaIntroduction; Regional Organisations and the United Nations Charter on Peace and Security in Africa; Typology of Interventions and External Peace and Conflict Stabilisation Mechanisms Prescribed for Africa; Fire Next Door: Regional Security Complex and the Challenges of Complex Political Emergencies in Africa; Humanitarian Intervention in Complex Political Emergencies in Africa; Security Regionalism and the Emerging Regional 'Responsibility to Protect' in Complex Political Emergencies; Conclusion |
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5 OAU -- African Union: Experiment in Regional Security, Peacekeeping and Peace Support OperationsIntroduction; The OAU and Regionalism in Africa: A Framework for Regional Order, Peace and Security; OAU Architecture for Peace and Security: The Adventure into Peace Support Operations; OAU-United Nations and Sub-regional Organisations Co-operative Security for Peace and Security; From Inherited Failure to the New African Union: Emerging Structure and Norm for Peace and Security; Regional Hegemons and the Maintenance of Peace and Security in Africa; Conclusion |
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6 New Theatre of Wars and Civil Conflicts: Evolution of Security Regionalism and Peacekeeping Capacity in West AfricaIntroduction; Political Economy of West Africa; ECOWAS Economic Integration and Coping with Regional Security Threats; ECOMOG Experiment in Peacekeeping and Conflict Management in West Africa; Building a Regional Peace and Security System: ECOMOG as a Permanent Mechanism for Regional Peacekeeping and Conflict Management; Conclusion; 7 Promise and Disappointment: Building Regional Peace and Security Systems in Southern Africa; Introduction; Political Economy of Southern Africa |
| Notes |
Regional Security Threats: Building Regional Architecture for Peace and Security |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351876742 |
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1351876740 |
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