African Border Disorders: Addressing Transnational Extremist Organizations - Brossura

Libro 12 di 22: Routledge Studies in African Politics and International Relations
 
9780367278595: African Border Disorders: Addressing Transnational Extremist Organizations
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ISBN 10: 0367278596 ISBN 13: 9780367278595
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2019

Sinossi

Since the end of the Cold War, the monopoly of legitimate organized force of many African states has been eroded by a mix of rebel groups, violent extremist organizations, and self-defence militias created in response to the rise in organized violence on the continent.

African Border Disorders explores the complex relationships that bind states, transnational rebels and extremist organizations, and borders on the African continent. Combining cutting edge network science with geographical analysis, the first part of the book highlights how the fluid alliances and conflicts between rebels, violent extremist organizations and states shape in large measure regional patterns of violence in Africa. The second part of the book examines the spread of Islamist violence around Lake Chad through the lens of the violent Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram, which has evolved from a nationally-oriented militia group, to an internationally networked organization. The third part of the book explores how violent extremist organizations conceptualize state boundaries and territory and, reciprocally, how do the civil society and the state respond to the rise of transnational organizations.

The book will be essential reading for all students and specialists of African politics and security studies, particularly those specializing on fragile states, sovereignty, new wars, and borders as well as governments and international organizations involved in conflict prevention and early intervention in the region.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Olivier J. Walther is Visiting Associate Professor in African Studies at the University of Florida, USA.

William F.S. Miles is Professor of Political Science at Northeastern University in Boston, USA.

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Editore
Routledge
Data di pubblicazione
2019
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0367278596
ISBN 13 
9780367278595
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
232
Redattore
Walther Olivier J., Miles William F.S.
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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9781138054684: African Border Disorders: Addressing Transnational Extremist Organizations

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ISBN 10:  1138054682 ISBN 13:  9781138054684
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2017
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