Africa after the Cold War : the changing perspectives on security / edited by Adebayo Oyebade and Abiodun Alao.

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TextPublication details: Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, �1998.Description: xii, 228 pages ; 23 cmISBN:

0865436509
9780865436503
0865436517
9780865436510

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History

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DT30.5 .A8

Contents:

Redefining African security / Adebayo Oyebade and Abiodun Alao -- Economic development and the prospect for economic security in Africa / Victor Oguejiofor Okafor and Sheriffdeen A. Tella -- Democracy and security in Africa / Amadu Sesay and Abiodun Alao -- The environment and African security / Abiodun Alao -- African security and nuclear weapons / Adebayo Oyebade -- Post Cold War Africa / Abiodun Alao and Funmi Olonisakin -- The end of the Cold War in Africa / Adebayo Oyebade -- Beyond the Cold War / Ayele Bekerie -- A short peep into a long future / Adebayo Oyebade and Abiodun Alao.

Summary: Although it is widely recognized that Africa's security problems are acute, it has never been a subject of much intellectual inquiry. This lack of scholarly discourse on the many dimensions of the problem of African security is the major consideration for this book. The approach to the question of security in this book differs markedly from the traditional approach that gives primacy to the threat of military aggression as sole factor in state security. A departure must be made from this dominant preoccupation in a new global order that has seen profound changes.The authors then place primacy on the complex problems of ethno-religious nationalism, economic stagnation, catastrophic civil wars, environmental degradation and the prospects for democratic structures in considering Africa's security issues after the Cold War.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-224) and index.

Although it is widely recognized that Africa's security problems are acute, it has never been a subject of much intellectual inquiry. This lack of scholarly discourse on the many dimensions of the problem of African security is the major consideration for this book. The approach to the question of security in this book differs markedly from the traditional approach that gives primacy to the threat of military aggression as sole factor in state security. A departure must be made from this dominant preoccupation in a new global order that has seen profound changes.

The authors then place primacy on the complex problems of ethno-religious nationalism, economic stagnation, catastrophic civil wars, environmental degradation and the prospects for democratic structures in considering Africa's security issues after the Cold War.

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