African States by Abu Bakarr Bah - 9798855801378

State University of New York Press

African StatesDomestic and External Security Challenges\nAuthor(s): Abu Bakarr Bah\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: State University of New York Press, United States\nImprint: State University of New York Press\nISBN-13: 9798855801378, 979-8855801378\nSynopsis\nEssays on the security challenges faced by African states.\n\nThe central concern that shapes this edited volume is the nature of the African state. Contributors point to an interesting intersection of domestic and external issues that is framed as a glocalized security situation. Individual chapters shed new insights on conflict drivers through case studies on Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Mali, Nigeria, and Somalia, as well as broader issues on the nature of African states. Arguments pivot on three issues, which show the intersection of the domestic and external forces that render the African state as a glocal problem: (a) the colonial roots of the state, (b) problems of governance, and (c) international and regional security impera.