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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812281803321

Titolo

Africa's insurgents : navigating an evolving landscape / / edited by Morten Bøås and Kevin C. Dunn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, Colorado ; ; London, [England] : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-62637-652-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 pages)

Disciplina

355.02/18096

Soggetti

Insurgency - Africa

Guerrillas - Africa

Violence - Africa

Africa Politics and government 1960-

Africa History Autonomy and independence movements

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Evolving Landscape of African Insurgencies -- 2 Radicalized Youth: Oppositional Poses and Positions -- 3 Gendered Dynamics of Armed Insurgencies -- 4 Secessionist Conflicts and New States -- 5 Central African Republic: Rebellion and International Intervention -- 6 Democratic Republic of Congo: The Democratization of Militarized Politics -- 7 Kenya: Al-Shabaab’s Regional Campaign -- 8 Mali: Islam, Arms, and Money -- 9 Nigeria: The Adaptability of the Boko Haram Rebellion -- 10 Somalia: Al-Shabaab and the Accidental Jihadists -- 11 South Sudan: Violence as Politics -- 12 Uganda: The Longevity of the Lord’s Resistance Army -- 13 Africa’s Insurgents in Comparative Perspective -- List of Acronyms -- References -- The Contributors -- Index -- About the Book

Sommario/riassunto

Amid an array of shifting national, regional, and global forces, how have African insurgents managed to adapt and survive? And what differences and similarities can be found, both among the continent's diverse rebellions and guerilla movements and between them and movements elsewhere in the world? Addressing these issues, the



authors of Africa's Insurgents explore how new groups are emerging and existing ones changing in response to an evolving landscape.