Private security in Africa from the global assemblage to the everyday

A comprehensive analysis of the rise of private security providers across Africa, and its implications for African states and societies.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Higate, Paul, editor (editor), Utas, Matas, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, England : Zed Books 2017.
Colección:Africa Now.
Materias:
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Golden assemblages: security and development in Tanzania's gold mines; 2 Failed, weak or fake state? The role of private security in Somalia; 3 Private security beyond the private sector: community policing and secret societies in Sierra Leone; 4 The underbelly of global security: Sierra Leonean ex-militias in Iraq; 5 Who do you call? Private security policing in Durban, South Africa; 6 Security Sector Reform as Trojan Horse? The new security assemblages of privatized military training in Liberia.
  • 7 Political becoming and non-state emergence in Kenya's security sector: Mungiki as security operator8 Parapluies politiques: the everyday politics of private security in the Democratic Republic of Congo; Epilogue: African assemblages of private security; About the editors and contributors; Index.