Africa : facing human security challenges in the 21st century /
Africaís dynamic security environment is characterized by great diversityófrom conventional challenges such as insurgencies, resource and identity conflicts, and post-conflict stabilization to growing threats from piracy, narcotics trafficking, violent extremism, and organized crime taking root in u...
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations; Part I -- Prologue, Introduction and Conceptual Considerations; Preview; Prologue: The Past and the Present; Chapter 1 -- Introduction; Overview; Introduction; References; Chapter 2 -- Conceptualizing Globalization, Hegemony, and Human (In)Security; Overview; Background; Conceptualizing Human Security; Why Use Neo-Gramscian Concept of Hegemony?; Hegemonic Globalization and Human (In)Security; Globalization as Westernization and Human (In)Security; Bibliography. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Part II -- Challenges of Human Security In AfricaPreview; Chapter 3 -- Economic (In)security; Overview; Introduction; Economic Security: Conceptual Clarifications; Historical Background to Economic Insecurity in Africa; Globalization and Economic Insecurity in Africa; Global Economic Crisis; Debt Crisis and Structural Adjustment; Duplicity in Debt Relief; Deteriorating Terms of Trade; Managing terms of trade shocks; How long do shocks last?; How large are shocks?; What determines the duration of shocks?; Policy implications; Marginalization of Africa; Globalization, Poverty and Insecurity. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a PauperizationRentier African elites; Bibliography; Chapter 4 -- Food and Nutrition Security; Overview; Introduction; Official concepts of food security; Conceptualizing Food and Nutrition Security; Food insecurity in Africa; Underlying Causes of Food Insecurity; Natural hazards; Conflict; Population growth; Food Insecurity in Rural Africa; Fragile ecosystems; Low-productivity agriculture; Neglected pastoralism; Weak knowledge and information systems; Narrow livelihood base; Causes of food insecurity and malnutrition in Africa; The uneven effects of liberalization; Weak infrastructure. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Poor healthLow standards of education; Geographic Areas of Interest; Lesotho; Consequences of food insecurity and malnutrition; Roles of Governments and development partners; Future challenges and solutions; Summary; Solutions; Recommendations; Bibliography; Chapter 5 -- Environmental Challenges to Human Security; Overview; Introduction; Exploring the Concept of Environmental Security; What is Environmental Security?; Environmental Security Definitions; On-Going Environmental Security Challenges in Africa; Environmental Issues Impact on Security; Vulnerability and Security. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Environmental Stress as a Source of ConflictDumping of Toxic Waste; Land and Soil/Degradation; Watershed degradation; Climate Change, Conflicts, and Human Insecurity; Climate Change and Lake Chad Level fluctuations; Link between Climate Change and Human Insecurity; Specific Linkages between Climate Change and Security; Coping with Environmental Insecurity in Africa; Bibliography; Chapter 6 -- Globalization and Challenges of Political Insecurity in Africa; Overview; Introduction; Background; The Colonial State; Elites; The African Experience of Power Elites; Political freedom. | |
| 520 | |a Africaís dynamic security environment is characterized by great diversityófrom conventional challenges such as insurgencies, resource and identity conflicts, and post-conflict stabilization to growing threats from piracy, narcotics trafficking, violent extremism, and organized crime taking root in urban slums, among others. This precarious environment jeopardizes security at the societal, community and individual levels. In a globalized and interconnected world, millions of people worldwide are affected by some form of human insecurity. Infectious and parasitic diseases annually kill millions. | ||
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