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Security in Africa : a critical approach to Western indicators of threat / Claire Metelits.
LIBRA JZ6009.A357 M48 2016
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Metelits, Claire, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Security, International--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Security, International.
- Failed states--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Failed states.
- Muslims--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Muslims.
- Poverty--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Poverty.
- Political stability.
- Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Political stability--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 143 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
- Summary:
- Security in Africa: A Critical Approach to Western Indicators of Threat questions the dominant Western narrative of security threats in Africa. Based on an analysis traditional security studies and Western security policy, Claire Metelits argues that commonly used indicators are based on mainstream security studies and provide only circumscribed analyses of threats to international security. By assessing the origins of this traditional approach to security and problematizing failed states, political instability, Muslim populations, and poverty, among others, Security in Africa makes the case for a critical approach to framing security challenges in Africa. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Security threats in Africa: the case for a critical analysis
- Framing the study of security
- The securitization of space
- The securitization of instability
- Securitizing Africa's Muslim populations
- Poverty and threat in Africa
- Fluid landscapes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Metelits, Claire, author. Security in Africa
- ISBN:
- 9781442239555
- 1442239557
- OCLC:
- 951158032
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