Comment on African Borders: Putting Paid to a Myth
In: Journal of borderlands studies, Band 35, Heft 2, S. 311-312
ISSN: 2159-1229
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In: Journal of borderlands studies, Band 35, Heft 2, S. 311-312
ISSN: 2159-1229
In: The journal of development studies, Band 51, Heft 5, S. 603-620
ISSN: 1743-9140
In: The journal of development studies: JDS, Band 51, Heft 5, S. 603-620
ISSN: 0022-0388
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In: The journal of modern African studies: a quarterly survey of politics, economics & related topics in contemporary Africa, Band 52, Heft 2, S. 179-203
ISSN: 1469-7777
ABSTRACTTo date, most of the literature on trade networks in West Africa has considered networks in a metaphorical way. The aim of this paper is to go one step further by showing how social network analysis may be applied to the study of regional trade in West Africa. After a brief review of the literature, this exploratory paper investigates two main issues related to regional trade. We start by discussing how recent developments in regional trade in West Africa have contributed to challenging the social structure of traders. We then discuss the changes that have affected the spatiality of regional trade by looking at the influence of spatial location and geographic scale on traders' abilities to trade. In both cases, we argue that the value of social network analysis in exploring how traders have progressively adapted to social and spatial changes in economic activities has been greatly underestimated. Our discussion is illustrated with the case of two trade networks located between Niger, Benin and Nigeria.
In: Terrorism and political violence, Band 27, Heft 3, S. 497-519
ISSN: 1556-1836
In: Routledge Studies in African Politics and International Relations
Since the end of the Cold War, the monopoly of legitimate organized force of many African states has been eroded by a mix of rebel groups, violent extremist organizations, and self-defence militias created in response to the rise in organized violence on the continent. African Border Disorders explores the complex relationships that bind states, transnational rebels and extremist organizations, and borders on the African continent. Combining cutting edge network science with geographical analysis, the first part of the book highlights how the fluid alliances and conflicts between rebels, violent extremist organizations and states shape in large measure regional patterns of violence in Africa. The second part of the book examines the spread of Islamist violence around Lake Chad through the lens of the violent Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram, which has evolved from a nationally-oriented militia group, to an internationally networked organization. The third part of the book explores how violent extremist organizations conceptualize state boundaries and territory and, reciprocally, how do the civil society and the state respond to the rise of transnational organizations. The book will be essential reading for all students and specialists of African politics and security studies, particularly those specializing on fragile states, sovereignty, new wars, and borders as well as governments and international organizations involved in conflict prevention and early intervention in the region.
In: Small wars & insurgencies, Band 31, Heft 3, S. 445-474
ISSN: 1743-9558
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 124, S. 1-14
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In: Oxford development studies, Band 44, Heft 2, S. 202-219
ISSN: 1469-9966
In: Journal of borderlands studies, Band 37, Heft 2, S. 253-271
ISSN: 2159-1229
In: African security, Band 14, Heft 3, S. 211-238
ISSN: 1939-2206
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In: African studies, Band 74, Heft 3, S. 346-365
ISSN: 1469-2872
In: African security, Band 14, Heft 3, S. 211-238
ISSN: 1939-2214
In: West African Studies
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In: African security, Band 16, Heft 2/3, S. 199-222
ISSN: 1939-2214
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