The Botswana Defense Force in the Struggle for an African Environment

2007
ISBN: 978-0-230-60218-2
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 179 mm x 214 mm, Gewicht: 363 g

Reihe: Initiatives in Strategic Studies: Issues and Policies

The book describes how Botswana's leaders effectively employed the instruments of power at their disposal, portraying a state that works. It argues that Africans are contributing meaningfully to emerging global thinking on security and urges Africa's friends to take advantage of opportunities for productive partnerships over environmental issues.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Henk, D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

A Context for Biodiversity in Botswana * The Botswana Defence Force * Botswana's Military and the Anti-Poaching Mission * Organizational Culture and Anti-Poaching Success * Government, Military, Society, and Anti-Poaching in Botswana * The Face of Environmental Security in Botswana * Lessons from Botswana

Über Autor(innen)

Dan Henk serves as a social anthropologist on the faculty of the US Air War College.