Reimagining Security Communities
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Home > Society and Social Sciences > Politics and government > International relations > Reimagining Security Communities: Systems Thinking Approach for Africa
Reimagining Security Communities: Systems Thinking Approach for Africa

Reimagining Security Communities: Systems Thinking Approach for Africa


     0     
5
4
3
2
1



Available


X
About the Book

This book utilizes a systems thinking perspective to propose a holistic framework of analysis and practice for the regional security community (“RSC”) arrangement in Africa. In responding to the challenge of improving effectiveness of response to peace and security threats, African states tend to rely on ad hoc mechanisms. However, this approach has been mired with a myriad of structural limitations. The holistic framework reconfigures the traditional “RSC” into a simplified tool kit of “resources”, making this text book ideal for students and advanced researchers in international relations, and all those concerned with regional security and strategic studies.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Regional Security Community.- Chapter 2: Approaches to Regional Security Analysis.- Chapter 3: Regional Security Community Arrangement in Africa.- Chapter 4:  African Peace and Security Architecture: Fit for Purpose?.- Chapter 5: Evolution of the African Standby Force.- Chapter 6: African Union-led Peace Support Operations.- Chapter 7: From Security Communities to Security Systems.- Chapter 8: Partnership in Peace Support Operations.- Chapter 9: Building Actors’ Relationship through Concentric Rims.- Chapter 10: A Synchronic Dialogue and the Emerging Concept of Legal Security in Africa.- Chapter 11: How to Build Maritime Human Security Systems .- Chapter 12: Dominatarianism and Security Community Systems.

About the Author :
Francis Onditi heads the School of International Relations and Diplomacy, Riara University, Kenya. He is a Distinguished Author and Research Professor at the Institute of Intelligent Systems, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He is the 2019 recipient of the AISA Fellowship awarded by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), South Africa, for his tenacious research and scholarly work on ‘positioning African States in the Dynamic Global System.’ Dr. Onditi is a widely published pan-African researcher specializing in the geography of African conflict and institutional evolutionary theory. He has published numerous research papers in peer reviewed journals, contributed several papers to edited books and authored/co-edited 3 books. Gilad Ben-Nun is a Senior Lecturer at Leipzig University’s Research Centre Global Dynamics, Germany, as well as a Senior scholar at the Leibniz Institute GWZO, where he teaches Global Studies and the History of International Law. A former EU - Marie Curie Individual fellow at Verona University’s law faculty, and a former Ford Foundation Fellow at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) in Geneva, he currently leads Leipzig University’s engagement in the EU-funded PREVEX Consortium studying comparatively Islamic Extremism in the Balkans and North Africa. In 2020, he was awarded the visiting professorship for Israel Studies at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, in association with the American University in Washington DC. In 2021 he was awarded the Alfred Grosser Chair at the French National University for Political Sciences – ‘Science Po’. Edmond M. Were is an Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies currently in Kisii University, Kenya. He has previously taught in Universities in Kenya and Rwanda where he has risen in the ranks of the academia including Moi University, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology and Kigali Institute ofEducation (now College of Education of University of Rwanda). He was a Lead Researcher in the DfID funded EdQual Research Program Consortium on Implementing Education Quality in Low Income Countries and the Small-Scale Research Project on the NEPAD eSchool Project. He is a Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) and Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) scholar. He has widely published articles and coauthored tertiary level texts in local and international journals and publishing houses. Israel Nyaburi Nyadera is a Teaching Assistant at the Department of Government and Public Administration, University of Macau, and a Doctoral Candidate at the Department of Political Science, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Turkey. He holds an MSc, International Relations from Middle East Technical University, Turkey, and a BA Political Science from the University of Nairobi, Kenya. He has been a visiting researcher at the University of Milan, Italy and a KautilyaFellow with the Indian Foundation. His research interests are International Security, African Affairs, and Governance. General Robert Kariuki Kibochi is the Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces. General Kibochi was enlisted into the Kenya Defence Forces on 18 May 1979 and underwent Officer Cadets Training until 30 March 1980 and commissioned in the rank of Second Lieutenant and posted to Signals Battalion. He has held various command and staff appointments including his immediate former appointment as Commander of the Kenya Army. Lt Gen Kibochi has earned Masters Degree of Arts in International Studies, Masters Degree in Computer Based Information Systems, Bachelors of Technology in Communication and Electronics Engineering, and is currently pursuing Ph.d degree in Peace and Conflict Management. His other professional training includes National Security Studies at the National Defence College (Kenya). Army Command and Staff Course (UK), Overseas Telecoms EngineeringCourse (UK), Signal Officers Degree Telecommunications Engineering Course (India), Sub Unit Commanders Course, Platoon Commanders Course, Regimental Signal Officers Course among other training courses. He served with the United Nations as Commander of Kenyan Contingent in the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) from 2000 – 2001; while his decorations include Moran of the Order of the Golden Heart (MGH) and Chief of the Order of the Burning Spear (CBS) among others.

Review :
“The book provides helpful insights into how to better organise Africa-led PSOS on the continent. If well executed, and with proper political support and commitment, the interagency approach and multidimensional peace operations … which are endorsed in the book — are commendable and could help change the security landscape in Africa. … Students, policy-makers, civil society, and other actors interested in African security issues and regional governance will find some of the ideas in the book valuable.” (Christopher Changwe Nshimbi, Yearbook on the African Union, Vol. 2, 2021)


Best Sellers


Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9783030708689
  • Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
  • Publisher Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
  • Height: 210 mm
  • No of Pages: 477
  • Returnable: Y
  • Width: 148 mm
  • ISBN-10: 3030708683
  • Publisher Date: 25 May 2021
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Systems Thinking Approach for Africa


Similar Products

Add Photo
Add Photo

Customer Reviews

REVIEWS      0     
Click Here To Be The First to Review this Product
Reimagining Security Communities: Systems Thinking Approach for Africa
Springer Nature Switzerland AG -
Reimagining Security Communities: Systems Thinking Approach for Africa
Writing guidlines
We want to publish your review, so please:
  • keep your review on the product. Review's that defame author's character will be rejected.
  • Keep your review focused on the product.
  • Avoid writing about customer service. contact us instead if you have issue requiring immediate attention.
  • Refrain from mentioning competitors or the specific price you paid for the product.
  • Do not include any personally identifiable information, such as full names.

Reimagining Security Communities: Systems Thinking Approach for Africa

Required fields are marked with *

Review Title*
Review
    Add Photo Add up to 6 photos
    Would you recommend this product to a friend?
    Tag this Book Read more
    Does your review contain spoilers?
    What type of reader best describes you?
    I agree to the terms & conditions
    You may receive emails regarding this submission. Any emails will include the ability to opt-out of future communications.

    CUSTOMER RATINGS AND REVIEWS AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TERMS OF USE

    These Terms of Use govern your conduct associated with the Customer Ratings and Reviews and/or Questions and Answers service offered by Bookswagon (the "CRR Service").


    By submitting any content to Bookswagon, you guarantee that:
    • You are the sole author and owner of the intellectual property rights in the content;
    • All "moral rights" that you may have in such content have been voluntarily waived by you;
    • All content that you post is accurate;
    • You are at least 13 years old;
    • Use of the content you supply does not violate these Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity.
    You further agree that you may not submit any content:
    • That is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading;
    • That infringes any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
    • That violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
    • That is, or may reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation;
    • For which you were compensated or granted any consideration by any unapproved third party;
    • That includes any information that references other websites, addresses, email addresses, contact information or phone numbers;
    • That contains any computer viruses, worms or other potentially damaging computer programs or files.
    You agree to indemnify and hold Bookswagon (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, employees and third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.), harmless from all claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of a breach of your representations and warranties set forth above, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.


    For any content that you submit, you grant Bookswagon a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable right and license to use, copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell, transfer, and/or distribute such content and/or incorporate such content into any form, medium or technology throughout the world without compensation to you. Additionally,  Bookswagon may transfer or share any personal information that you submit with its third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc. in accordance with  Privacy Policy


    All content that you submit may be used at Bookswagon's sole discretion. Bookswagon reserves the right to change, condense, withhold publication, remove or delete any content on Bookswagon's website that Bookswagon deems, in its sole discretion, to violate the content guidelines or any other provision of these Terms of Use.  Bookswagon does not guarantee that you will have any recourse through Bookswagon to edit or delete any content you have submitted. Ratings and written comments are generally posted within two to four business days. However, Bookswagon reserves the right to remove or to refuse to post any submission to the extent authorized by law. You acknowledge that you, not Bookswagon, are responsible for the contents of your submission. None of the content that you submit shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Bookswagon, its agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners or third party service providers (including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.)and their respective directors, officers and employees.

    Accept

    Fresh on the Shelf


    Inspired by your browsing history


    Your review has been submitted!

    You've already reviewed this product!