(Ebook) Securitization Outside the West; West African Security Reconceptualised by Christian Kaunert & Edwin Ezeokafor ISBN 03054211755

(Ebook) Securitization Outside the West; West African Security Reconceptualised by Christian Kaunert & Edwin Ezeokafor ISBN 03054211755

This book analyses securitization processes outside of the West, with afocus on Africa.The aim of the volume is to develop an original analytical framework toexplain the securitization-neo-patrimonialism dynamics in West Africa,drawing upon insights from securitization theory, sociology and psychology.Among critical voices, securitization has become the gold standard for analysingemerging challenges, such as migration, terrorism and human security.Yet, despite its broadening agenda, the framework has also been accused ofbias, with a Western political context and democratic governance structureat its heart. This book aims to re-conceptualise the framework in a way thatsuits non-Western contexts better, notably by re-conceptualising the securitization-neopatrimonialism nexus in Africa, which gives us significant newinsights into non-Western political contexts. It analyses the securitizationprocesses among the political elites under neo-patrimonial statehood, andfurther stretches the conceptualisation of securitization into African statehood,which is characterised by a blurred line between the leader and the state.The volume explores the processes of securitizing threats in Liberia, SierraLeone and wider West Africa, as well as the neo-patrimonial regimes ofthese states. In doing so, it explores the influence these states’ neo-patrimonialregimes have on the processes of threat securitization.This book will be of much interest to students of critical security studies,African politics and International Relations.