ISBN:
9781464804649
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (215 p)
Series Statement:
Africa Development Forum
Parallel Title:
Print version The Challenge of Stability and Security in West Africa
DDC:
303.6
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Online-Publikation
Abstract:
Since independence, the West African sub-region has been an arena for a number of large-scale conflicts and civil wars, as well as simmering and low-intensity uprisings. Contrary to perceptions, West Africa in its post-independence history has experienced fewer conflict events and fatalities from conflict than the other sub-regions on the continent. The turn of the millennium has witnessed the recession of large-scale and conventional conflict, and it has ushered in new and emerging threats. The specters of religious extremism, maritime piracy, and narcotics trafficking threaten toundermine so
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Introduction; Note; References; 1 An Overview of Conflict and Violence in West Africa; Tables; 1.1 Selected Conflicts in West Africa; The Nature of Violence and Conflict in West Africa; Figures; 1.1 State-Based Conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa, by Subregion, 1960-2012; Boxes; 1.1 Violence after the End of the Cold War; 1.2 Fatalities from Organized Violence in West Africa, 1989-2012; 1.3 Estimates of Fatalities from Organized Violence in East, Central, and Southern Africa, 1989-2012
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1.4 Combination of Drivers That Created and Sustained Conditions for Civil War in Côte d'Ivoire1.2 Legacy of Guinea-Bissau's Protracted and Violent Anticolonial Insurgency; 1.3 Theories of Civil War and Political Violence: Greed versus Grievance; 1.4 Overlapping Forms of Violence in Nigeria; 1.5 Guinea-Bissau's Fragility Trap; 1.6 Subregional Conflict Systems: The Example of the Mano River Basin; Maps; 1.1 Conflict Systems in West Africa; The Rapidly Changing Nature of Violence in West Africa; Notes; References
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2 Addressing Emerging Threats: Trafficking, Maritime Piracy, and Religious ExtremismThe Scourge of Narcotrafficking; 2.1 Flow of Cocaine from Latin America via West Africa to Europe; 2.1 Estimated Value of Flows of Some Trafficked Goods in West Africa; Maritime Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea; 2.2 Piracy Incidents in the Gulf of Guinea, 2012; The Rise of Religious Extremism in West Africa; 2.1 Niger: Holding Fast in a Troubled Neighborhood; Recommendations for Addressing Emerging Threats; Notes; References; 3 Tackling the Complex Challenges of Youth and Migration
Description / Table of Contents:
The Challenge of Youth Inclusion: Promise or Peril?Migration: A Subregion on the Move; 3.1 Intraregional Migration within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS); Notes; References; 4 Redressing Regional Imbalances and Distributing Mineral Resource Revenues More Equitably; The Time Bomb of Regional Imbalances; 4.1 Access to Electricity and Education in the North and South of Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, and Nigeria; 4.2 Access to Electricity and Education in Nigeria, by Ethnicity and Religion, 2008
Description / Table of Contents:
4.3 Access to Electricity and Education in Côte d'Ivoire, by Ethnicity and Religion, 20134.4 Access to Electricity and Education in Ghana, by Ethnicity and Religion, 2009; Avoiding the "Resource Curse" by Recognizing and Addressing Social Grievances; 4.5 Gross Domestic Product and Significance of Extractive Industry Investment in West Africa, by Country, 2005 and 2012; 4.1 Lessons from Ghana on Transparency in Extractives; Notes; References; 5 Managing the Competition for Power in Order to Reduce the Fragility of Political Institutions; The Postcolonial Centralization of Power
Description / Table of Contents:
5.1 Fatalities as a Result of Election-Related Violence in West Africa
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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