Routledge handbook of African security

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Routledge handbook of African security

Statement of responsibility

edited by James J. Hentz

Creator

• Hentz, James J

Editor

• Hentz, James J

Subject

• National security -- Africa
• Public safety -- Africa
• Security, International -- Africa

Language

eng

Summary

This new Handbook examines the issues, challenges, and debates surrounding the problem of security in Africa. Africa is home to most of the world's current conflicts, and security is a key issue. However, African security can only be understood by employing different levels of analysis: the individual (human security), the state (national/state security), and the region (regional/international security). Each of these levels provides analytical tools for understanding what could be called the "African security predicament" and these debates are animated by the "new security" issues: immigration, small arms transfers, gangs and domestic crime, HIV/AIDS, transnational crime, poverty, and environmental degradation. African security therefore not only presents concrete challenges for international security but provides a real-world context for challenging conventional conceptions of security --

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• Routledge handbooks

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index present

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non fiction

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bibliography

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Routledge handbooks