New Security Threats and Crises in Africa: Regional and International Perspectives

✍ Scribed by Jack Mangala (eds.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Leaves: 290
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Introduction: Evolving Security Discourse and Crises in Africa: Conceptual, Policy, and Practical Relevance....Pages 1-15
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
The African Union and Security in Africa....Pages 19-38
Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons: From Humanitarian to Security Paradigm....Pages 39-57
Africa’s Responses to International Terrorism and the War against It....Pages 59-85
Climate Change and the Risk of Conflict in Africa....Pages 87-109
Securing Africa’s Food Security: Current Constraints and Future Options....Pages 111-127
Confronting Africa’s Health Challenges....Pages 129-146
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
Darfur and the International Community: Self-determination, State building, and “The Responsibility to Protect”....Pages 149-170
The International Community and Congo’s Recent Crises....Pages 171-190
International Organizations and Civil Wars in Africa: The Liberian Case....Pages 191-212
International Actors and Côte d’lvoire’s Political and Economic Crises....Pages 213-246
A Crisis with an Origin: Proposing a Framework for Local and International Engagement in Zimbabwe....Pages 247-272
Back Matter....Pages 273-276

✦ Subjects

African Culture; Military and Defence Studies; African Politics; International Relations; Political Science

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