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Community of insecurity : SADC's struggle for peace and security in Southern Africa / Laurie Nathan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nathan, Laurie.
- Series:
- International political economy of new regionalisms series.
- The International political economy of new regionalisms series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Southern African Development Community.
- Security, International--Africa, Southern.
- Security, International.
- Conflict management--Africa, Southern.
- Conflict management.
- Regionalism--Africa, Southern.
- Regionalism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (200 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Exploring the formation, evolution and effectiveness of the regional security arrangements of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), Community of Insecurity examines the vital issues of why the SADC has struggled to establish a viable security regime; why it has been unable to engage in successful peacemaking; and why it has defied the optimistic prognosis of the early 1990's that it would build a security community in Southern Africa.
- Contents:
- Introduction: regional organizations as conflict resolution forums
- The formation of SADC and the era of hope
- The struggle to establish the organ
- Failed peacemaking in Southern Africa
- Explaining the failure of the organ
- The fiction of Southern Africa as an emerging security
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-315-57298-2
- 1-317-16338-9
- 1-283-38289-X
- 9786613382894
- 1-4094-3045-6
- 9781315572987
- OCLC:
- 772517883
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