African Security
An Introduction
«African Security introduces professionals and students to the broad range of security challenges and opportunities that Africa and its partners will confront in coming years. I wish we had this book for my staff when I was at the State Department. Siko and Victor take a practitioner's problem solving approach to anticipate the issues ahead in the 2020s, and connect readers to the latest academic research and case studies that can inform a response. In particular, this book highlights the lessons we have learned following a decade of dramatic change in Africa, and gives us practical solutions for the future.»
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Africa
The world's fastest growing continent demographically, Africa displays nearly all the features of today's global security challenges: armed conflict, terrorism, irregular migration, organized crime, great power competition, public discontent, and economic turbulence. Les mer
The world's fastest growing continent demographically, Africa displays nearly all the features of today's global security challenges: armed conflict, terrorism, irregular migration, organized crime, great power competition, public discontent, and economic turbulence.
John Siko and Jonah Victor present their lessons from professional practice and pedagogical approach from the classroom in a concise guidebook that leads students and professionals through the most important issues, dynamics, challenges, and considerations for analysing and planning responses to security developments in Africa.
This book provides issue-by-issue primers on the causes and consequences of Africa's security challenges that include:
-how to anticipate security problems across current political and economic events
-how to analyse African security institutions and military capabilities
-how to understand historical trends across the African continent and appreciate unique variations among countries.
-how to identify key drivers of future trends
-how to connect security analysis to policy planning
Learning is supported through the following features:
- Thematic chapters which are optimized to help the reader quickly connect to the key concepts
and analytic frameworks within the field.
- The most relevant historical case studies, enabling students to engage in sophisticated analysis
and discussion.
- Connections and contrasts between the situations in North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa, which are traditionally studied separately.
- Special sections on understanding race and ethnicity, and advice on traveling in Africa.
- Chapter-end checklists of key questions to enable practical engagement with the topics covered.
John Siko and Jonah Victor present their lessons from professional practice and pedagogical approach from the classroom in a concise guidebook that leads students and professionals through the most important issues, dynamics, challenges, and considerations for analysing and planning responses to security developments in Africa.
This book provides issue-by-issue primers on the causes and consequences of Africa's security challenges that include:
-how to anticipate security problems across current political and economic events
-how to analyse African security institutions and military capabilities
-how to understand historical trends across the African continent and appreciate unique variations among countries.
-how to identify key drivers of future trends
-how to connect security analysis to policy planning
Learning is supported through the following features:
- Thematic chapters which are optimized to help the reader quickly connect to the key concepts
and analytic frameworks within the field.
- The most relevant historical case studies, enabling students to engage in sophisticated analysis
and discussion.
- Connections and contrasts between the situations in North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa, which are traditionally studied separately.
- Special sections on understanding race and ethnicity, and advice on traveling in Africa.
- Chapter-end checklists of key questions to enable practical engagement with the topics covered.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- I.B. Tauris
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 280
- ISBN
- 9781786736437
- Utgivelsesår
- 2020
Anmeldelser
«African Security introduces professionals and students to the broad range of security challenges and opportunities that Africa and its partners will confront in coming years. I wish we had this book for my staff when I was at the State Department. Siko and Victor take a practitioner's problem solving approach to anticipate the issues ahead in the 2020s, and connect readers to the latest academic research and case studies that can inform a response. In particular, this book highlights the lessons we have learned following a decade of dramatic change in Africa, and gives us practical solutions for the future.»
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Africa
«An innovative and user-friendly approach to African security. Written in a direct style that will be accessible even for a novice audience, African Security manages to cover tremendous ground in terms of issues, actors, theories, and empirical cases. The main text, concise and to the point, is backed up by rich endnotes that guide the interested reader towards greater expertise. It embraces a holistic notion of security and takes the reader across many essential dimensions of African politics and society. A brilliant gateway to the study of African security by two specialists.»
Pierre Englebert, H. Russell Smith Professor of International Relations, Pomona College
«An important addition to the growing literature on African security, this is a detailed study of a truly complex subject. Touching on a broad range of topics - from religion and crime to the role of external actors and the politics of military coups, Siko and Victor did a panoramic survey of the continent, and have provided an introductory book for key issues that have underlined Africa's security. It is well-written and brilliantly presented and students of African politics will find the book particularly useful.»
Abiodun Alao, Professor of African Studies, King's College London
«Essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the complex and critical security issues facing Africa. African Security provides a thorough but concise overview of the security challenges that will directly affect stability, governance, and economic growth across the continent in the years ahead. I wish such a book had been available when I started working on Africa.»
Grant T. Harris, Former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs a
«Siko and Victor masterfully cover the waterfront in this accessible book on African security issues. It is packed with insights, anecdotes, and analytical frameworks that will enable student and practitioner alike to hit the ground running in their academic and professional careers.»
Judd Devermont, Africa Program Director, Center For Strategic and International Studies
«Undergraduate students often struggle to understand complicated and interrelated issues such as ethnicity, religion, neo-patrimonialism, geographic idiosyncrasies, corruption or the role of the army in issues of African security. The book under review offers precisely such a much-needed text and even in an accessible style. The authors speak directly to the reader from the first pages of the book and they do not fail to deliver an accessible guide for less familiar readers of African Studies and Security.»
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