John Mwangi Githigaro

Countering Violent Extremism in Kenya (eBook, ePUB)

Community, State, and Security Perspectives

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Before the rise of the Al-Shabaab, Eastern Africa was home to different organizational nodes of the Al-Qaeda network. Al-Qaeda was responsible for many threats, of which include the August 7, 1998, bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. As terrorism threats have evolved over the years, countermeasures have continued to do the same. Countering Violent Extremism in Kenya: Community, State, and Security Perspectives by John Mwangi Githigaro explores Kenya's historical experiences with terrorism in the pre- and post 9/11 periods as a lens to situate how different stakeholders present the threats of extremism and the associated countermeasures they consider as valuable. The stakeholders presented throughout this book include: security actors, society organizations, academics, and community members. Through extended ethnographic research and fieldwork collected from focus groups within Nairobi and Mombasa between 2016 and 2022, Githigaro offers an opportunity to observe the evolution of counterterrorism interventions in Kenya and the dilemmas this has created around primarily state-society relations, an exploration of how different stakeholders perceive the efficacy of counterterrorism measures, and the appraisal of counterterrorism initiative (CT) interventions that render ongoing CVE interventions less effective.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781793644756
• Artikelnr.: 68428329

Autorenporträt

John Mwangi Githigaro was formerly a lecturer in peace and conflict studies at St. Paul's University in Kenya and is now an independent scholar.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Context and Methodology
Chapter 1: Kenya's Experiences with Terrorism in the Pre and Post 9-11
Chapter 2: Security Officials' Perception of Extremism and Counter-Violent
Extremism in Kenya
Chapter 3: Community Perspectives on Extremism and Violent Extremism in
Nairobi
Chapter 4: Community Perspectives on Countering Violent Extremism in
Mombasa County
Chapter 5: Post Script: Dilemmas in Implementing CT and CVE Interventions
in Kenya
Conclusion
References
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