Security in Africa : a critical approach to western indicators of threat / Claire Metelits.

This book questions the dominant Western narrative of security threats in Africa. By assessing the origins of the traditional approach to security and problematizing failed states, political instability, Muslim populations, and poverty, among others, it makes the case for a critical approach to fram...

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Main Author: Metelits, Claire (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
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