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Contemporary Issues on Governance, Conflict and Security in Africa

This edited volume reflects on some of the important discussions on the trends of governance, conflict and security in Africa. It explores some of the emerging concerns and offers a holistic understanding of the remote and immediate causes of the conflict and how the neo-colonial African states have...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Akinola, Adeoye O.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
Subjects:
African Politics
International Security Studies
Governance And Government
Security, International
Africa / Politics And Government
Political Science
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Africa and the Scourge of Conflict and Insecurity
  • Chapter 2. African Conflict and the ‘Post-colonial’ State
  • Chapter 3. Climate Change and Emerging Conflict between Herdsmen and Farmers in Nasarawa and Plateau States, Nigeria
  • Chapter 4. Grassroots conflict over ecosystem services provided by the Inner Niger Delta: The case of Mali
  • Chapter 5. Conflict, Police impunity and the governance question in Nigeria: Reflecting on the #EndSARS protest
  • Chapter 6. Trapped in the Ivory Tower: Using social movement theory to analyse a ‘movement in distress’
  • Chapter 7. Terrorism in Sub-Sahara Africa: Assessing its Economic and Social Implications
  • Chapter 8. Violent Conflict in the Sahel: Causes, Dynamics, and Actors
  • Chapter 9. The Resurgence of Military Coups in Africa: The Case of West Africa and the Sahel
  • Chapter 10. Media and Election Disputes in Nigeria
  • Chapter 19. Food security as a new frontier of war: A geo-historical perspective of food security and armed conflict in sub-Saharan Africa
  • Chapter 20. IGAD and the Quest for Economic and Security Regionalism
  • Chapter 21. Ethnic Federalism, Exclusionary Self-Determination Rights, and Conflict in Ethiopia: Consociational Democracy as an Alternative Approach to Peace and Security
  • Chapter 11. Governance, Security and Development Nexus in Galkayo, Somalia: A New Approach to Explaining Somalia’s Chronic Instability
  • Chapter 12. Ceasefire arrangements as pre-conditions for independence in Southern Africa: implications for land conflicts in Zimbabwe and South Africa
  • Chapter 13. The Security Sector in Zimbabwe’s Diamond Governance (2006-2015)
  • Chapter 14. Ethnic Federalism, Exclusionary Self-Determination Rights, and Conflicts in Ethiopia: Consociational Democracy as an Alternative Approach to Peace and security
  • Chapter 15. Somaliland’s Plural Justice System and its Influence on Peacebuilding and Development
  • Chapter 16. Exploring the impact of women’s organizations in peacebuilding in South Sudan: Post-independence progress
  • Chapter 17. Gender-based violence in South Africa: The second pandemic?
  • Chapter 18. A Reflection on Gender-Based Violence in Nigeria

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