Securitization Outside the West
This book analyses securitization processes outside of the West, with a focus on Africa. The aim of the volume is to develop an original analytical framework to explain the securitization-neo-patrimonialism dynamics in West Africa, drawing upon insights from securitization theory, sociology and...
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| author | Kaunert, Christian Ezeokafor, Edwin |
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| description | This book analyses securitization processes outside of the West, with a focus on Africa.
The aim of the volume is to develop an original analytical framework to explain the securitization-neo-patrimonialism dynamics in West Africa, drawing upon insights from securitization theory, sociology and psychology. Among critical voices, securitization has become the gold standard for analysing emerging challenges, such as migration, terrorism, and human security. Yet, despite its broadening agenda, the framework has also been accused of bias, with a Western political context and democratic governance structure at its heart. This book aims to re-conceptualise the framework in a way that suits non-Western contexts better, notably by re-conceptualising the securitization-neopatrimonialism nexus in Africa, which gives us significant new insights into non-Western political contexts. It analyses the securitization processes among the political elites under neo-patrimonial statehood, and further stretches the conceptualisation of securitization into African statehood, which is characterised by a blurred line between the leader and the state. The volume explores the processes of securitizing threats in Liberia, Sierra Leone and wider West Africa, as well as the neo-patrimonial regimes of these states. In doing so, it explores the influence these states’ neo-patrimonial regimes have on the processes of threat securitization.
This book will be of much interest to students of critical security studies, African politics and International Relations. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-876652025-03-16T10:22:49Z Securitization Outside the West Kaunert, Christian Ezeokafor, Edwin African security;Copenhagen School;external actors;Liberia;neo-patrimonialism;Sierra Leone This book analyses securitization processes outside of the West, with a focus on Africa. The aim of the volume is to develop an original analytical framework to explain the securitization-neo-patrimonialism dynamics in West Africa, drawing upon insights from securitization theory, sociology and psychology. Among critical voices, securitization has become the gold standard for analysing emerging challenges, such as migration, terrorism, and human security. Yet, despite its broadening agenda, the framework has also been accused of bias, with a Western political context and democratic governance structure at its heart. This book aims to re-conceptualise the framework in a way that suits non-Western contexts better, notably by re-conceptualising the securitization-neopatrimonialism nexus in Africa, which gives us significant new insights into non-Western political contexts. It analyses the securitization processes among the political elites under neo-patrimonial statehood, and further stretches the conceptualisation of securitization into African statehood, which is characterised by a blurred line between the leader and the state. The volume explores the processes of securitizing threats in Liberia, Sierra Leone and wider West Africa, as well as the neo-patrimonial regimes of these states. In doing so, it explores the influence these states’ neo-patrimonial regimes have on the processes of threat securitization. This book will be of much interest to students of critical security studies, African politics and International Relations. 2022-07-12T04:03:50Z 2022-07-12T04:03:50Z 2022-07-11T10:34:27Z 2022 book OCN: 1306218058 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/57287 9781000612981 9780367678791 9780367678739 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/87665 eng Routledge New Security Studies open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/57287/1/9781000612981.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/57287/1/9781000612981.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/57287/1/9781000612981.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003133216 10.4324/9781003133216 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 9781000612981 9780367678791 9780367678739 Routledge 232 open access |
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| topic | African security;Copenhagen School;external actors;Liberia;neo-patrimonialism;Sierra Leone |
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