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Human Trafficking and Security in Southern Africa

The South African and Mozambican Experience

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Authors:
  1. Richard Obinna Iroanya

    1. Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

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  • Provides a global overview of human trafficking and case studies with in-depth analysis of the issue in South Africa and Mozambique
  • Offers frameworks and policy recommendations for understanding and addressing the security dimensions of human trafficking
  • Analyzes existing international, regional, and national anti-trafficking legislation, with special focus on the region of Southern Africa

Part of the book series: African Histories and Modernities (AHAM)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • Richard Obinna Iroanya
    Pages 1-10

  3. Perspectives on Human Trafficking

    • Richard Obinna Iroanya
    Pages 11-66

  4. Overview of Human Trafficking as a Global Phenomenon

    • Richard Obinna Iroanya
    Pages 67-117

  5. Human Trafficking: The South African Experience

    • Richard Obinna Iroanya
    Pages 119-150

  6. Human Trafficking: The Mozambican Experience

    • Richard Obinna Iroanya
    Pages 151-183

  7. Policy Responses to Human Trafficking in Mozambique and South Africa

    • Richard Obinna Iroanya
    Pages 185-224

  8. Conclusion: Human Trafficking as a Security Problem

    • Richard Obinna Iroanya
    Pages 225-243

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 245-253
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About this book

This book investigates the links between human trafficking and national security in Southern Africa. Human trafficking violates borders, supports organised crime and corrupts border officials, and yet policymakers rarely view the persistence of human trafficking as a security issue. Adopting an expanded conceptualisation of security to encompass the individual as well as the state, Richard Obinna Iroanya lays the groundwork for understanding human trafficking as a security threat. He outlines the conditions and patterns of human trafficking globally before moving into detailed case studies of South Africa and Mozambique. Together, these case studies bring into focus the lives of the ‘hidden population’ in the region, with analysis and policy recommendations for combating a global phenomenon. 

Reviews

“This is a layered analysis of human trafficking in Southern Africa contextualised through a well-documented cross section of human trafficking cases. Richard Iroanya effectively describes in detail the regional labour demand and supply factors that dictate human trafficking’s gendered outcomes. This book presents an articulate, well-organized argument for national security measures to address human trafficking within a global context.” (Jamaine Abidogun, Professor Emeritus, History Department, Missouri State University, USA)

“Richard Iroanya has provided an insightful analysis of one of the most inscrutable socio-economic and political problems of our time, at a time when the scourge of human trafficking appears to defy any effective policy response. Iroanya offers an innovative interpretation by conceptualising human trafficking as a security phenomenon at global, regional and national levels. This book will be a valuable reference material for scholars, students, policy makers andthe general public.” (Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba, Senior Lecturer at the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, University of South Africa)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

    Richard Obinna Iroanya

About the author

Richard Obinna Iroanya is a member of the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, University of South Africa. Formerly a research fellow at the Africa Institute of South Africa, he is the co-editor of Towards Africa-oriented Risk Analysis Models.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Human Trafficking and Security in Southern Africa

  • Book Subtitle: The South African and Mozambican Experience

  • Authors: Richard Obinna Iroanya

  • Series Title: African Histories and Modernities

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71988-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-71987-0Published: 31 January 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-89128-6Published: 25 April 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-71988-7Published: 17 January 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2634-5773

  • Series E-ISSN: 2634-5781

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 253

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: African History, African Politics, Trafficking, International Security Studies

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