Manu Lekunze

Inherent and Contemporary Challenges to African Security

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a unique, comprehensive yet accessible look at security in Africa. The author provides a comprehensive review of the key security issues in Africa and offers a contemporary investigation into what security in Africa will mean for the future of Security Studies. It focuses on contemporary yet inherent security challenges facing the continent. It engages with International Relation theories, security literature and primary data from Cameroon (related to other African case studies), to situate African Security Studies in International Relations and develop a concept of security for African Security Studies. It will be essential reading for students, analysts and policy makers specializing in International Relations, Sociology, African Studies and Development Studies.

Produktdetails

• New Security Challenges
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-030-26924-1
• 1st ed. 2020
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 153mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 388g
• ISBN-13: 9783030269241
• ISBN-10: 3030269248
• Artikelnr.: 57018629

Autorenporträt

Manu Lekunze is Teaching Fellow in International Relations at the University of Aberdeen, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Chapter 1/Introduction.- 2. Chapter 2: African Security Studies in International Relations.- 3. Chapter 3: What is Security: An African Security perspective.- 4. Chapter 4: Multiple layers of individual and group identities.- 5. Chapter 5: Contested governments and governance modes.- 6. Chapter 6: The Political Economy of Africa and its security implications.- 7. Chapter 7: The environment of Security in Africa: A threat multiplier.- 8. Chapter 8/Conclusion.