CIVIL MILITIA by Professor David J. Francis (Editor) ( 9780754644521 )

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Title:

CIVIL MILITIA
AFRICA'S INTRACTABLE SECURITY MENACE?

By:

Professor David J. Francis (Editor)

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0754644529

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9780754644521

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

28 August, 2005

Pages:

328

Description:

Engages with the phenomenon of civil militias in Africa, especially the nature of threats and challenges they pose to national and human security. This book explores and expounds the short-term security consequences of the operations of civil militias and articulates a corpus of policy-relevant knowledge.

Synopsis:

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.

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Ashgate Publishing Limited

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