Claire Metelits

Security in Africa

A Critical Approach to Western Indicators of Threat

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book questions the dominant Western narrative of security threats in Africa. By assessing the origins of the traditional approach to security and problematizing failed states, political instability, Muslim populations, and poverty, among others, it makes the case for a critical approach to framing security challenges in Africa.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 389g
• ISBN-13: 9781442239555
• ISBN-10: 1442239557
• Artikelnr.: 42808580

Autorenporträt

Claire Metelits is a Professorial Lecturer in the School of International Service, American University

Inhaltsangabe

Map of Africa Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Security Threats in Africa: The
Case for a Critical Analysis Chapter 2: Framing the Study of Security
Chapter 3: The Securitization of Space Chapter 4: The Securitization of
Instability Chapter 5: Securitizing Africa's Muslim Populations Chapter 6:
Poverty and Threat in Africa Chapter 7: Fluid Landscapes Bibliography About
the Author