Stephen Emerson, Hussein Solomon

African security in the twenty-first century

Challenges and opportunities

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Produktbeschreibung

Through the lens of human security their book examines the continent's most pressing security challenges-from identity conflict and failing states to terrorism, disease, and environmental degradation-and in doing so provides a comprehensive look at the complexities of building peace and stability in modern-day Africa.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 622g
• ISBN-13: 9781526122735
• ISBN-10: 1526122731
• Artikelnr.: 48968296

Autorenporträt

Stephen Emerson is the former Chair of Security Studies at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies in Washington, DC ; Hussein Solomon is Senior Professor in the Department of Political Studies and Governance at the University of the Free State, South Africa

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures, maps, tables and text boxes Foreword 1. Understanding the
security environment 2. Thinking about security 3. Identity conflict 4.
Failing states 5. Terrorism and extremism 6. Trafficking in drugs and small
arms 7. Health and disease 8. Resource conflict and the environment 9. The
African response 10. The international response 11. The future of African
security Bibliography Index