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African security politics redefined /

Dokken, Karin.

African security politics redefined / Karin Dokken. - 1st ed. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. - xiv, 247 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-235) and index.

Introduction -- The state in Africa -- Regionalized wars : transnationalism, security complexes, and African conflicts -- Intergovernmental security-political efforts -- The security politics of the African union -- United Nations peacekeeping in Africa -- Why what they say is not what they do : economic aspects of war and the privatization of security in Africa -- Conclusions.

9781403977618 1403977615

2007047115


Conflict management--Africa.
Civil war--Africa.
Political violence--Africa.
Peacekeeping forces--Africa.
National security--Africa.


Africa--Politics and government--1960-

JZ5584.A35 / D65 2008

355/.03306

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