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

✍ Scribed by Jack Mangala

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 297
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Since the end of the Cold War, the concept of national security has been widened to include a range of non-military threats to the security of the state. This book explores the underlying tensions between a state-centric concept of security, and the concept of human security with respect to a number of new security threats emanating from situations of forced displacement of populations, terrorism, diseases, food insecurity, and the impacts of climate change, all of which are prevalent in Africa and give a particular resonance to the evolving security discourse. The volume undertakes a thorough interdisciplinary investigation of the tensions between state security and human security in the search for solutions to African crises by the international community and regional actors.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables and Figure......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
List of Contributors......Page 14
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations......Page 18
Introduction: Evolving Security Discourse and Crises in Africa: Conceptual, Policy, and Practical Relevance......Page 22
Part I: New Security Threats: African and International Perspectives......Page 38
1 The African Union and Security in Africa......Page 40
2 Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons: From Humanitarian to Security Paradigm......Page 60
3 Africa’s Responses to International Terrorism and the War against It......Page 80
4 Climate Change and the Risk of Conflict in Africa......Page 108
5 Securing Africa’s Food Security: Current Constraints and Future Options......Page 132
6 Confronting Africa’s Health Challenges......Page 150
Part II: The International Community and African Crises......Page 168
7 Darfur and the International Community: Self-determination, State building, and “The Responsibility to Protect”......Page 170
8 The International Community and Congo’s Recent Crises......Page 192
9 International Organizations and Civil Wars in Africa: The Liberian Case......Page 212
10 International Actors and Côte d’Ivoire’s Political and Economic Crises......Page 234
11 A Crisis with an Origin: Proposing a Framework for Local and International Engagement in Zimbabwe......Page 268
Index......Page 294