Securitization Outside the West: West African Security Reconceptualised

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Christian Kaunert (University of South Wales, UK) Edwin Ezeokafor (University of Dundee)

Securitization Outside the West

West African Security Reconceptualised

Christian Kaunert (University of South Wales, UK), Edwin Ezeokafor (University of Dundee)

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English

Routledge
29 January 2024

Peace studies & conflict resolution; Armed conflict; Warfare & defence

Series: Routledge New Security Studies

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.

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

By: Christian Kaunert (University of South Wales UK), Edwin Ezeokafor (University of Dundee)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367678791
ISBN 10: 0367678799
Series: Routledge New Security Studies
Pages: 222
Publication Date: 29 January 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Christian Kaunert is Professor of International Security at Dublin City University, Ireland. He is also Professor of Policing and Security, as well as Director of the International Centre for Policing and Security at the University of South Wales. Edwin Ezeokafor is Lecturer and Research Fellow at the International Centre for Policing and Security, University of South Wales, and received a PhD in International Security at the University of Dundee.