National Security, General & Miscellaneous African History, General African Politics & Government
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Overview
The title asks, but inside, these historians and political scientists from Africa and Europe assert that all across Africa the problems, challenges, and implications posed by civil militias—Sudan's Janjaweed currently most in the news—have elevated them into the continent's intractable security menace. Between discussions of a theoretical construction of the militias as a social phenomenon, and of international experiences and implications, they cite examples. Among these the Kamajor in Sierra Leone, a comparison of Nigeria and Indonesia, threats to national and human security in West Africa, Darfur of course, anti-gang militias in Cameroon, and Uganda since 1986. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, ORBook Details
Published
August 28, 2005
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing Limited
Pages
328
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780754644521