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Author(s): David J Francis

Edition: 1

File Details: PDF, 49.40 MB

Year: 2017

Language: english

SKU: EB-50880802 Categories: Politics & Philosophy - Politics, Society Tags: Africa s, Civil Militia, David, Intractable Security, Menace

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Civil Militia Africa s Intractable Security Menace 1st Edition David J Francis – Ebook PDF Instant Download/Delivery ISBN: 9780754644521, 0754644529

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• ISBN 10: 0754644529
• ISBN 13: 9780754644521
• Author: David

This volume critically engages with the phenomenon of civil militias in Africa, especially the nature of threats and challenges they pose to national and human security. It questions why the African political scene is increasingly inundated with the activities of civil militias, examines the socio-political and economic conditions that trigger and/or encourage and sustain the operations of civil militias, and investigates the dominant motivations of African civil militias. In the face of this complex security emergency, the volume conceptualizes and theorizes the phenomenon of civil militias; focuses the academic debate and policy on the links between civil militias and the growing cycle of state failure, instability, collapse and fragmentation in Africa; broadly and critically explores and expounds the short-term security consequences of the operations of civil militias; and articulates a corpus of policy-relevant knowledge. The book is ideally suited to courses on African studies, security and peace studies and military studies but would also be of interest to practitioners.

Table Contents:

1 Introduction
2 Militias as a Social Phenomenon: Towards a Theoretical Construction
3 The Kamajor Militia in Sierra Leone: Liberators or Nihilists?
4 The Egbesu and Bakassi Boys: African Spiritism and the Mystical Re-traditionalisation of Security
5 Civil Militias: Indonesia and Nigeria in Comparative Perspective
6 Civil Militias: Threats to National and Human Security in West Africa
7 Counter-Insurgents or Ethnic Vanguards? Civil Militia and State Violence in the Darfur Region, Western Sudan
8 The ‘Anti-Gang’ Civil Militias in Cameroon and the Threat to National and Human Security
9 Civil Militias and Militarisation of Society in the Horn of Africa
10 Protracted Civil War, Civil Militias and Political Transition in Uganda since 1986
11 Mayi Mayi and Interahamwe Militias: Threats to Peace and Security in the Great Lakes Region
12 Civil Defence Forces and Post-Conflict Security Challenges: International Experiences and Implications for Africa