The Palgrave Handbook Of Small Arms And Conflicts In Africa

Author : Usman A. Tar,Charles P. Onwurah
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1043 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030621834

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The Palgrave Handbook of Small Arms and Conflicts in Africa by Usman A. Tar,Charles P. Onwurah Pdf

This handbook provides critical analyses of the theory and practices of small arms proliferation and its impact on conflicts and organized violence in Africa. It examines the terrains, institutions, factors and actors that drive armed conflict and arms proliferation, and further explores the nature, scope, and dynamics of conflicts across the continent, as well as the extent to which these conflicts are exacerbated by the proliferation of small arms. The volume features rich analyses by contributors who are acquainted with, and widely experienced in, the formal and informal structures of arms proliferation and control, and their repercussions on violence, instability and insecurity across Africa. The chapters dissect the challenges of small arms and light weapons in Africa with a view to understanding roots causes and drivers, and generating a fresh body of analyses that adds value to the existing conversation on conflict management and peacebuilding in Africa. With contributions from scholars, development practitioners, defence and security professionals and civil society activists, the handbook seeks to serve as a reference for students, researchers, and policy makers on small arms proliferation, control and regulation; defence and security practitioners; and those involved in countering violence and managing conflicts in Africa.

Author : Usman A. Tar,Charles P. Onwurah
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3030621847

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The Palgrave Handbook of Small Arms and Conflicts in Africa by Usman A. Tar,Charles P. Onwurah Pdf

This handbook provides critical analyses of the theory and practices of small arms proliferation and its impact on conflicts and organized violence in Africa. It examines the terrains, institutions, factors and actors that drive armed conflict and arms proliferation, and further explores the nature, scope, and dynamics of conflicts across the continent, as well as the extent to which these conflicts are exacerbated by the proliferation of small arms. The volume features rich analyses by contributors who are acquainted with, and widely experienced in, the formal and informal structures of arms proliferation and control, and their repercussions on violence, instability and insecurity across Africa. The chapters dissect the challenges of small arms and light weapons in Africa with a view to understanding roots causes and drivers, and generating a fresh body of analyses that adds value to the existing conversation on conflict management and peacebuilding in Africa. With contributions from scholars, development practitioners, defence and security professionals and civil society activists, the handbook seeks to serve as a reference for students, researchers, and policy makers on small arms proliferation, control and regulation; defence and security practitioners; and those involved in countering violence and managing conflicts in Africa. Usman A. Tar is Professor of Political Science and Defence Studies, and Distinguished Endowed Chair of Defence and Security Studies (26RC Endowment) at the Nigerian Defence Academy. He is Director of the Academy's flagship Centre for Defence Studies and Documentation. He is a member of the board of the Social Science Research Council's African Peacebuidling Network (SSRC/APN), New York, USA. Previously he was Associate Research Fellow at the Africa Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Bradford, UK. He authored several books including The Politics of Neoliberal Democracy in Africa (2009), Globalization in Africa: Perspectives on Development, Security and the Environment (2016), New Architecture of Regional Security in Africa (2020), and Routledge Handbook of Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency in Africa (2020). Charles P. Onwurah is a research associate at the Centre for Defence Studies and Documentation, Nigerian Defence Academy. He is pursuing a PhD in Defence and Strategic Studies at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Nigerian Defence Academy. He has published on globalisation, private security companies, small arms and civil militias in Africa.

Author : Dan Kuwali
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 619 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030820206

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The Palgrave Handbook of Sustainable Peace and Security in Africa by Dan Kuwali Pdf

This handbook takes stock of the African Union’s Vision 2020 to rid the African continent of wars, civil conflicts, human rights violations, and humanitarian disasters – including violent conflicts and genocide – and provides recommendations on how to address contemporary threats to peace and security in Africa. It explores the continent’s current peace and security landscape, including new actors, emerging threats, and the prospects for achieving sustainable peace. With contributions from highly respected experts in the field, both academics and practitioners, the volume unpacks the sources of conflict, instability and the challenges of peace and development, and provides research-based policy advice to guide and inform African governments, policy makers, practitioners, and scholarly audiences on the continent and beyond.

Author : Tony Karbo,Kudrat Virk
Publisher : Springer
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319622026

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The Palgrave Handbook of Peacebuilding in Africa by Tony Karbo,Kudrat Virk Pdf

This handbook offers a critical assessment of the African agenda for conflict prevention, peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding; the challenges and opportunities facing Africa’s regional organisations in their efforts towards building sustainable peace on the continent; and the role of external actors, including the United Nations, Britain, France, and South Asian troop-contributing countries. In so doing, it revisits the late Ali Mazrui’s concept of Pax Africana, calling on Africans to take responsibility for peace and security on their own continent. The creation of the African Union, in 2002, was an important step towards realising this ambition, and has led to the development of a new continental architecture for more robust conflict management. But, as the volume’s authors show, the quest for Pax Africana faces challenges. Combining thematic analyses and case studies, this book will be of interest to both scholars and policymakers working on peace, security, and governance issues in Africa.

Author : Emmanuel D Abalo
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2023-03-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798388223678

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African Conflicts and Small Arms Proliferation by Emmanuel D Abalo Pdf

African Conflicts and Small Arms Proliferation The proliferation and use of small arms have had a devastating impact on Africa's security for decades, plunging nations into bloody conflicts that have claimed countless lives, destroyed communities, and sparked humanitarian crises. In this compelling book, the author provides a detailed account of how small arms have fueled African conflicts, examining their origins, spread, and proliferation, and their impact on peace and stability in the region. The book highlights how African nations have become the dumping ground for millions of cheap, readily available firearms from various sources, including rogue arms dealers, illicit arms trafficking networks, and even domestic manufacturers. Despite numerous global initiatives aimed at controlling the proliferation of small arms in conflict zones, the author emphasizes that the likelihood of succeeding in this fight is minimal unless there is a concerted effort to address the root causes of violence and disentangle the complex web of socio-economic, political, and cultural factors that create conditions of instability and violence. The book concludes by offering several recommendations for policymakers and stakeholders on ways to mitigate the impact of small arms and promote peace and security in Africa. Overall, Small Arms and African Conflicts is a carefully researched and thought-provoking book that offers a compelling account of a deadly phenomenon that has plagued the African continent for far too long. It is an essential read for scholars, researchers, policymakers, and anyone interested in understanding the complex dynamics of African conflicts and the role of small arms in fueling violence and undermining stability on the continent.

Author : Jeffrey Boutwell,Michael T. Klare
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0847694852

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Light Weapons and Civil Conflict by Jeffrey Boutwell,Michael T. Klare Pdf

A common feature of conflict in the 1990s is death and suffering from small arms and light weapons. The global diffusion of assault rifles, machine guns, mortars, and rocket-propelled grenades, which can be easily carried by an individual or transported by a light vehicle, has greatly intensified the violence of conflicts in countries around the world. This book represents the perspectives of the foremost specialists on light weapons, and it surveys the wide range of policy options open to the international community. These include export and import controls, law enforcement strategies to break up black markets, collection and destruction of weapons following the end of conflict, and efforts to illuminate how small arms and light weapons make their way to the killing grounds of the 1990s.

Author : Mike Bourne
Publisher : Global Issues
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007-07-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UCSC:32106019115010

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Arming Conflict by Mike Bourne Pdf

This book uncovers and analyzes the structures and dynamics of the proliferation of small arms and light weapons that fuel conflicts.

Author : Kennedy Mkutu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1847013082

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Guns and Governance in the Rift Valley by Kennedy Mkutu Pdf

A vivid account of modern pastoralist armed conflict.

Author : Anatole N. Ayissi,Ibrahima Sall
Publisher : United Nations Inst for disarmament
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9290451718

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Combating the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons in West Africa by Anatole N. Ayissi,Ibrahima Sall Pdf

The fight against the proliferation of small arms and light weapons is one of the key priorities on the peace and security agenda of West African states. The effective control of the illicit circulation of weapons requires competent and accountable security forces, who are properly trained. This handbook, jointly published by PCASED, ECOWAS and UNIDIR, provides an appropriate framework for training.

Author : Obert Bernard Mlambo
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1161 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031407543

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The Palgrave Handbook of Violence in Africa by Obert Bernard Mlambo Pdf

Author : Kelechi Johnmary Ani
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2023-03-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811973437

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Resource Conflict and Environmental Relations in Africa by Kelechi Johnmary Ani Pdf

The book discusses the failure of many African governments in providing the social needs of the masses, thereby placing the citizenry on the desperate quest for economic resources. Unfortunately, in many African States, mineral resources are owned, explored and marketed by the machinery of the state. The problem arises when the masses begin to challenge state access and ownership of resources that are domiciled within their ancestral land, communities, and constituencies. Often the challenge and resistance to state ownership of resources is generated by communal or group sense of exploitation, negligence and widespread poverty in the face of high resource endowment and waste by the government officials. Paradoxically, in Niger Delta of Nigeria, as discussed in the book, the state has unleashed unlimited might upon all social groups and agitators, thereby leading to the increased act of taking arms by such groups. When the informal resource agitators succeed in arming themselves, they begin to demand social and environmental justice, thereby leading to mass armed conflict between them and the government security agencies. Sometimes, the confrontation could be between them and other rival local resource actors in the informal sector of their country’s economy bearing in mind that the resources within their jurisdiction have become the central determinant of national commonwealth. It is at that state of desperado to control access, extraction and sale of natural resources in a State, by different armed groups that the process of natural resources extraction qualifies as the most visible cause of conflicts and crises around the African continent that is the centrepiece of the book. This is quite understandable given that mineral resource is a gift of nature; and nature is that phenomenon that every human, group and nation claim to represent, or, believe to represent them.

Author : Susan M. Kilonzo,Ezra Chitando,Joram Tarusarira
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 819 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783031368295

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The Palgrave Handbook of Religion, Peacebuilding, and Development in Africa by Susan M. Kilonzo,Ezra Chitando,Joram Tarusarira Pdf

This Handbook explores the ways in which religion among the African people has been applied in situations of conflict and violence to contribute to sustainable peace and development. It analyzes how peacebuilding inspired and enabled by religion serves as the foundation for sustainable development in Africa, while also acknowledging that religion can also be a tool of destruction, and can be used to fuel violence and underdevelopment. Contributors to this volume offer theoretical discussions from existing literature, as well as experiences of practitioners, to deepen the readers’ understanding on the role of religion and religious institutions in peacebuilding and development in Africa. The Handbook provides reflections on possible future developments as well, thereby aligning with the goals of SDG 16.

Author : Adeola Aderayo Adebajo
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781786614582

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Pastoralist-Farmer Conflicts in Nigeria by Adeola Aderayo Adebajo Pdf

The book provides the readers a deeper understanding on how the conflict management mechanisms adopted in pastoralist-farmer conflict affect the protection of internally displaced persons in Benue and Nasarawa states.

Author : Max Gallien,Florian Weigand
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000508772

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The Routledge Handbook of Smuggling by Max Gallien,Florian Weigand Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Smuggling offers a comprehensive survey of interdisciplinary research related to smuggling, reflecting on key themes, and charting current and future trends. Divided into six parts and spanning over 30 chapters, the volume covers themes such as mobility, borders, violent conflict, and state politics, as well as looks at the smuggling of specific goods – from rice and gasoline to wildlife, weapons, and cocaine. Chapters engage with some of the most contentious academic and policy debates of the twenty-first century, including the historical creation of borders, re-bordering, the criminalisation of migration, and the politics of selective toleration of smuggling. As it maps a field that contains unique methodological, ethical, and risk-related challenges, the book takes stock not only of the state of our shared knowledge, but also reflects on how this has been produced, pointing to blind spots and providing an informed vision of the future of the field. Bringing together established and emerging scholars from around the world, The Routledge Handbook of Smuggling is an indispensable resource for students and researchers of conflict studies, borderland studies, criminology, political science, global development, anthropology, sociology, and geography.

Author : Cecilia M. Bailliet
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781803923758

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Research Handbook on International Solidarity and the Law by Cecilia M. Bailliet Pdf

This comprehensive and insightful Research Handbook addresses the interpretation of international solidarity within topical legal regimes and regional systems, as well as in relation to decolonization and the concepts of Ummah and Ubuntu. It examines the way in which international solidarity enables the global community to respond to intercontinental challenges, including climate change, forced migration, health emergencies, and inequality.