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050 4 _aJZ6009.A357M48 2016
082 0 _a355.033067
100 1 _aMetelits, Claire.
245 1 0 _aSecurity in Africa :
_bA Critical Approach to Western Indicators of Threat.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aBlue Ridge Summit :
_bRowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated,
_c2016.
264 4 _c©2016.
300 _a1 online resource (157 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 _aIntro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Map of Africa -- Chapter One: Security Threats in Africa -- Chapter Two: Framing the Study of Security -- Chapter Three: The Securitization of Space -- Chapter Four: The Securitization of Instability -- Chapter Five: Securitizing Africa's Muslim Populations -- Chapter Six: Poverty and Threat in Africa -- Chapter Seven: Fluid Landscapes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
520 _aThis book questions the dominant Western narrative of security threats in Africa. By assessing the origins of the traditional approach to security and problematizing failed states, political instability, Muslim populations, and poverty, among others, it makes the case for a critical approach to framing security challenges in Africa.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aSecurity, International--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
650 0 _aFailed states--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
650 0 _aMuslims--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
650 0 _aPoverty--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
650 0 _aPolitical stability--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aMetelits, Claire
_tSecurity in Africa
_dBlue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated,c2016
_z9781442239555
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4746202
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