LEADER 04302nam 2200493 450 001 9910682582603321 005 20230529011216.0 010 $a3-031-25151-2 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-25151-1 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7214027 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7214027 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-25151-1 035 $a(EXLCZ)9926262625500041 100 $a20230529d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aAfrican security in the Anthropocene /$fedited by Hussein Solomon and Jude Cocodia 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland AG,$d[2023] 210 4$dİ2023 215 $a1 online resource (193 pages) 225 1 $aThe Anthropocene: Politik?Economics?Society?Science,$x2367-4032 ;$v36 311 08$aPrint version: Solomon, Hussein African Security in the Anthropocene Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031251504 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Contending Conceptions of African Security -- Homer-Dixon?s Environmental Scarcity Theory and Potential for Conflict in the Nile River Basin (NRB) -- Climate-Security and the Anthropocene: The Case of Mali -- The State, African Security and the African Union in the Anthropocene Age 49-64 -- Resource-Based Conflicts in Africa -- Democratization vs Authoritarianism including coups in Africa -- Identity and Security -- The Role of Foreign Actors in African Security -- Insecurity and Regional Actors? Role in Securing African Security:An Analysis of the Role of ECOWAS, SADC and IGAD -- The Future of African Security: Final Thoughts. . 330 $aMuch has been written on security in Africa?its democratic deficit, poor civil-military relations, and myriad conflicts?but these are often treated in isolation from one another. This book takes a different approach, as it links all of these issues to the dynamics of the Anthropocene. Penned by African scholars on the continent and in the diaspora, it examines the different challenges not as separate entities but as outcomes of the Anthropocene Age. In this geological epoch, humans have become a global force?unfortunately, not necessarily for good. The interaction between humans and the climate, the effects of waste, the impact of pollution on marine and terrestrial ecosystems, the loss of biodiversity, and the change in the chemical composition of the soil, oceans and atmosphere are key identifiers of the age of the Anthropocene. This has fueled conflict and instability from the vast swathes of the Sahel to Somalia. Responding to these issues of insecurity without understanding their inter-connectedness and how this relates to the environment can only result in failure. From this perspective, the current structures in place are inadequate for the task of confronting insecurity at the state and continental levels, as represented by the African Union. What is needed is a radical reevaluation of Africa?s security architecture and approach to security. This necessitates pooling sovereignty on a continental and global level. It necessitates less state-centric responses that include civil society and the business community as equal partners of states in order to collectively confront insecurity in the age of the Anthropocene. ? The authors are academics, policy makers and military veterans who have worked in building capacity on the African continent ? The book is comprehensive in scope, strong on theory, pragmatic in policy and reflects experience from the field. ? The authors approach makes the book easy, interesting and intriguing. 410 0$aThe Anthropocene: Politik?Economics?Society?Science,$x2367-4032 ;$v36 606 $aNational security$zAfrica 607 $aAfrica$xPolitics and government 607 $aAfrica$xSocial conditions 615 0$aNational security 676 $a730 702 $aSolomon$b Hussein 702 $aCocodia$b Jude 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910682582603321 996 $aAfrican security in the Anthropocene$93374541 997 $aUNINA