Securitization outside the West West African security reconceptualised Kaunert, Christian creator author. Ezeokafor, Edwin author. Taylor & Francis text bibliography Electronic books. enk 2022 monographic eng remote 1 online resource. "This book analyses securitization processes outside of the West, with a focus on Africa. The aim of the volume is to develop an original analytical framework to explain 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 analysing emerging challenges, such as migration, terrorism, and human security. Yet, despite its broadening agenda, the framework has also been accused of bias, with a Western political context and democratic governance structure at its heart. This book aims to re-conceptualise the framework in a way that suits non-Western contexts better, notably by re-conceptualising the securitization-neopatrimonialism nexus in Africa, which gives us significant new insights into non-Western political contexts. It analyses the securitization processes among the political elites under neo-patrimonial statehood, and further 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, Sierra Leone and wider West Africa, as well as the neo-patrimonial regimes of these states. In doing so, it explores the influence these states' neo-patrimonial regimes 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"-- Introduction -- An archeology of knowledge on securitization in Africa : from Eurocentrism to racism -- Ontological security and West Africa -- A new securitization framework outside of the West : the securitization-neopatrimonialism nexus -- Liberia : neo-patrimonial statehood and securitization processes -- Sierra Leone : neo-patrimonial political culture and securitization processes -- Health security in West Africa : from HIV/AIDS, EDV/Ebola to COVID-19 -- Conclusion. Christian Kaunert and, Edwin Ezeokafor. Includes bibliographical references and index. Christian Kaunert is Professor of International Security at Dublin City University, Ireland. He is also Professor of Policing and Security, as well as Director of the International Centre for Policing and Security at the University of South Wales. Edwin Ezeokafor is Lecturer and Research Fellow at the International Centre for Policing and Security, University of South Wales, and received a PhD in International Security at the University of Dundee. fw----- Human security Africa, West Institution building Africa, West Postcolonialism Africa, West Africa, West Politics and government 21st century Sécurité humaine Afrique occidentale Design institutionnel Afrique occidentale Postcolonialisme Afrique occidentale Afrique occidentale Politique et gouvernement 21e siècle POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / General HISTORY / Africa / General Human security Institution building Politics and government Postcolonialism West Africa 2000-2099 fast JC599.A359 323.0966 Routledge new security studies Securitization outside the West Kaunert, Christian. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2022 (DLC) 2022002229 9781003133216 1003133215 9781000612981 1000612988 9781000613001 1000613003 9780367678739 9780367678791 2022002230 9781003133216 Taylor & Francis A2005E2D-B045-4384-844D-AFB1BE6AF930 OverDrive, Inc. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003133216 DLC 220215 20240130225741.5 in00004769120 eng