African Perspectives on Global Pandemics and the Challenges of Peace and Security

Herausgeber: Harris, Masake Pilisano; Iroanya, Richard Obinna

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the legal and security threat posed by pandemics in Africa and beyond. The authors propose that to effectively counter pandemics, it is necessary for states to transcend beyond a realism approach and to adopt security policies that reflect the multidimensional nature of state authority and functions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 533g
• ISBN-13: 9781666924800
• ISBN-10: 1666924806
• Artikelnr.: 68175094

Autorenporträt

Edited by Masake Pilisano Harris and Richard Obinna Iroanya - Foreword by Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah - Contributions by Shipena Dortea; Nguluwe Gabriella; Mbetu Gamuchirai; Fenni Taleiko Hamukwaya; Masake Pilisano Harris; Richard Obinna Iroanya; Libebe Lizazi

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Hon. Dr. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
Introduction by Richard Obinna Iroanya & Masake Pilisano Harris
Chapter 1: Pandemics and State Survival: Restating the Relevance of Realism
in the Fight Against Covid 19 by Richard Obinna Iroanya & Nawases Roseta
Chapter 2: The Impetus and Challenges in Securitizing Pandemics and Lessons
for the Future by Masake Pilisano Harris & Mbetu Gamuchirai
Chapter 3: The Politicization of Covid-19: US-China Hostility and Global
Peace and Security by Mude Torgue, Makaye Peter & Nguluwe Gabriella
Chapter 4: The Politics of Quarantine and Nigeria's National Security: A
Focus on Pandemics by Eke Udochu & Stanley Malamatja
Chapter 5: Implications of Covid-19 Pandemic for National Security: A
Policy Consideration by Kennedy Kaumba Mabuku & Opeoluwa Oyedele
Chapter 6: Covid-19 Lockdown, Civil-Military Relations and Human Security:
Perspectives from Namibian and Zimbabwean Experiences by Mude Torque,
Shipena Dortea, & Nguluwe Gabriella
Chapter 7: Assessing the Challenges Experienced by the Namibian Security
Sector in the Fight Against the Covid-19 Pandemic by Shipena Dortea, Fenni
Taleiko Hamukwaya & Richard Obinna Iroanya
Chapter 8: Implications of Covid-19 (State of Emergency-lockdown) on the
Commission of Crime and Criminality by Waneipo Ndilipunye Michael & Dzimiri
Patrick
Chapter 9: Impact of Covid-19 on the Workforce and the Question of Job
Security: The Plight of Workers from the Namibian by Libebe Lizazi, Masake
Pilisano Harris & Mbukusa Nchindo
Chapter 10: Managing Conflicts: The Impact of Covid-19 on Conflicts and
Conflict Resolution in Africa by Kennedy Kaumba Mabuku & Vuma Phillip
Epilogue: Africa and the World Beyond Covid-19 by Richard Obinna Iroanya &
Masake Pilisano Harris
About the Editors
About the Contributors