West African security in the context of the global war on terror
In: University of Leipzig Papers on Africa
In: Politics and economics 79
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In: University of Leipzig Papers on Africa
In: Politics and economics 79
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In: University of Leipzig papers on Africa
In: Politics and economics 73
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In: University of Leipzig papers on Africa
In: Politics and economics 53
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In: Review of African political economy, Band 41, Heft 140, S. 249-263
ISSN: 0305-6244
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In: Global change, peace & security, Band 23, Heft 2, S. 129-133
ISSN: 1478-1166
In: Globalizations, Band 8, Heft 3, S. 379-383
ISSN: 1474-774X
In: Journal of contemporary African studies, Band 28, Heft 4, S. 443-457
ISSN: 1469-9397
In: Journal of contemporary African studies, Band 28, Heft 4, S. Special Issue: Nigeria at 50
ISSN: 0258-9001
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In: African and Asian studies: AAS, Band 9, Heft 1-2, S. 128-148
ISSN: 1569-2108
AbstractThis article critically analyses the framing of African migration in hegemonic global security discourses as a source of transnational threats to developed and stable parts of the world. Such concerns have increased since 9/11 and the inception of the Global War on Terror, and are likely to grow in the wake of the global financial meltdown. It explores the globalization-migration-development nexus as it relates to how Africa has become an object of securitization based more on the manipulation of fear, than on reality. This underscores the point that the perception of "illegal" African migration as a threat to Europe's southern borders is constructed and deliberately exaggerated for political ends. Thus, the article argues that the barriers designed to reduce or prevent African migration in a 'borderless world', have more to do with hegemonic politics, and less to do with any real danger. It also discusses the ramifications of the securitization of Africa is relation to the ways it is feeding into international support for the military and policing capacity of African states. This, in some regards, is taking place at the immense social cost of popularly-rooted democratization, social development and sustainable peace in the continent - thereby increasing the threats facing African people.
In: Canadian journal of development studies: Revue canadienne d'études du développement, Band 30, Heft 1-2, S. 219-236
ISSN: 2158-9100
In: Canadian journal of development studies: Revue canadienne d'études du développement, Band 30, Heft 1-2
ISSN: 0225-5189
In: Politeia: South African journal for political science and public administration, Band 28, Heft 1, S. 89-107
ISSN: 0256-8845
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In: African security, Band 2, Heft 2-3, S. 119-135
ISSN: 1939-2206
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In: African security, Band 2, Heft 2-3, S. 119-135
ISSN: 1939-2214
In: Globalizations, Band 6, Heft 4, S. 467-481
ISSN: 1474-774X