Overview
Provides a valuable and much-needed guide to violent non-state actors in Africa, filling a gap
Contributes to theoretical debates in international relations by analyzing violent non-state actors in the hybrid forms they take between terrorists, rebel groups, and warlords
Brings together contributors with extensive local and international expertise
Contextualizes violent non-state actors in postcolonial politics and state legitimacy
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Reviews
“This book provides a comparative analysis of violent non-state actors together with the challenges they pose for African states, whose fragility often allows warlords, rebels and terrorists to find space for pursuing their objectives. An excellent contribution to African security studies, it ought to be particularly useful for undergraduate courses looking at armed conflicts in Africa.” (Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, Professor of African and Global Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
“This book is an important contribution to our understanding of how non-state actors are changing the landscape of violence in parts of Africa.” (Chris Alden, Professor in International Relations and Co-Head of the Africa International Affairs Programme, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Caroline Varin is Lecturer in Security and International Organizations at Regent’s University London and Research Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.
Dauda Abubakar is Associate Professor of Political Science and African Studies at the University of Michigan-Flint, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Violent Non-State Actors in Africa
Book Subtitle: Terrorists, Rebels and Warlords
Editors: Caroline Varin, Dauda Abubakar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51352-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
License: CC BY
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-51351-5Published: 05 May 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84628-6Published: 08 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-51352-2Published: 24 April 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 340
Number of Illustrations: 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Terrorism and Political Violence, African Politics, Comparative Politics, Globalization, Conflict Studies, Regionalism