Conflict & security in Africa. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Conflict and security in Africa
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Rita Abrahamsen.
• Other Names: Abrahamsen, Rita, 1966-
• Contents: Section 1. Global economies, state collapse & conflicts -- Ironies of Post-Cold War structural adjustment in Sierra Leone -- Timber booms, state busts : the political economy of Liberian timber -- Petro-insurgency or criminal syndicate? conflict & violence in the Niger delta -- Oil as the "curse" of conflict in Africa : peering through smoke and mirrors -- Defence expenditures, arms procurement & corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa. Section 2. Global security governance -- Somalia : "they created a desert & called it peace(building)" -- The Burundi peace negotiations : an African experience in peace-making -- Blair's Africa : the politics of securitisation and fear -- Abductions, kidnappings, and killings in the Sahel and the Sahara. Section 3. Cultures of conflict & insecurity -- The political economy of sacrifice : Kinois & the state -- A city under siege : banditry & modes of accumulation in Nairobi, 1991-2004 -- Cote d'Ivoire : patriotism, ethno-nationalism & other African modes of self-writing -- Beyond civil society : child soldiers as citizens in Mozambique.
• Publisher Details: Woodbridge, Suffolk : James Currey
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 228 pages)
• Subjects: 327.172096; Conflict management -- Africa; Security, International -- Africa; Peace-building -- Africa; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Economy; Conflict management; Economic history; Peace-building; Politics and government; Security, International; Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-; Africa -- Economic conditions -- 1960-; Africa; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782041641; 1782041648; 9781299875067; 1299875068
• Related ISBNs: 1847010784; 9781847010780
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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