03156nam 2200637 450 991046418800332120200520144314.09956-792-36-5(CKB)3710000000125866(EBL)1707210(SSID)ssj0001259448(PQKBManifestationID)11694111(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001259448(PQKBWorkID)11296741(PQKB)11715713(MiAaPQ)EBC1707210(OCoLC)885455985(MdBmJHUP)muse38435(PPN)198684452(Au-PeEL)EBL1707210(CaPaEBR)ebr10879011(CaONFJC)MIL663291(OCoLC)881417006(EXLCZ)99371000000012586620140616h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAfrica facing human security challenges in the 21st century /Tatah MentanBamenda, Cameroon :Langaa Research & Publishing CIG,2014.©20141 online resource (580 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-32009-8 9956-791-11-3 Includes bibliographical references.Part I. Prologue, introduction and conceptual considerations. Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Conceptualizing globalization, hegemony, and human (in)security. Part II. Challenges of human security in Africa. Chapter 3. Economic (in)security -- Chapter 4. Food and nutrition security -- Chapter 5. Environmental challenges to human security -- Chapter 6. Globalization and challenges of political insecurity in Africa -- Chapter 7. Challenges to health security -- Chapter 8. Cultural insecurity in Africa today -- Chapter 9. Personal/citizen insecurity in Africa -- Chapter 10. Social insecurity in Africa: challenges and prospects. Part III. Epilogue: review, conclusions, and looking ahead. Chapter 12. Review of the past and present, conclusions and looking ahead.Africaís dynamic security environment is characterized by great diversityófrom conventional challenges such as insurgencies, resource and identity conflicts, and post-conflict stabilization to growing threats from piracy, narcotics trafficking, violent extremism, and organized crime taking root in urban slums, among others. This precarious environment jeopardizes security at the societal, community and individual levels. In a globalized and interconnected world, millions of people worldwide are affected by some form of human insecurity. Infectious and parasitic diseases annually kill millions.Human rightsAfricaCivil rightsAfricaHuman securityAfricaElectronic books.Human rightsCivil rightsHuman security323.096Mentan Tatah616050MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464188003321Africa2133805UNINA