Violent Non-State Actors in Africa

Terrorists, Rebels and Warlords
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-84628-6
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 340 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 471 g

This book explores the rise and impact of violent non-state actors in contemporary Africa and the implications for the sovereignty and security of African states. Each chapter tackles a unique angle on violent organizations on the continent with the view of highlighting the conditions that lead to the rise and radicalization of these groups. The chapters further examine the ways in which governments have responded to the challenge and the national, regional and international strategies that they have adopted as a result. Chapter contributors to this volume examine the emergence of Islamist terrorists in Nigeria, Mali and Libya; rebels in DR Congo, Central African Republic, Ethiopia and Rwanda; and warlords and pirates in Somalia, Uganda and Sierra Leone.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Abubakar, Dauda

Varin, Caroline

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Revolutionäre Gruppen und Bewegungen, Bewaffnete Konflikte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Völkermord, Ethnische Säuberung, Kriegsverbrechen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. From Sectarianism to Terrorism in Northern Nigeria: A Closer Look at Boko Haram.- 3. Nationalist Sentiment, Terrorist Incursions and the Survival of the Malian State.- 4. Islamic State in Libya.- 5. ‘Islamist’ rebels in DRC – the Allied Democratic Forces.- 6. The Séléka and anti-Balaka rebel movements in the Central African Republic.- 7. Rebel Movements in Ethiopia.- 8. Rebel Victory and the Rwandan Genocide.- 9. Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army.- 10. The Revolutionary United Front, Liberian Warlords and Civil War in Sierra Leone.- 11. Al-Shabaab: State Collapse, Warlords and Islamist Insurgency in Somalia.- 12. Pirates in West Africa and Somalia.- 13. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

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.