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3. What Is Security? An African Security Perspective

Author : Manu Lekunze

Published in: Inherent and Contemporary Challenges to African Security

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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As indicated above, essential to any security study are the three questions, what is security, security for whom and what constitutes a security issue. In effect, this chapter uses existing literature to situate the understanding of security in the African context. It also answers the question of security for whom by suggesting the adoption of different referents for security at different levels. However, it is argued that security levels are interdependent. Empirical evidence from Cameroon is used to exemplify the complexity and contested nature of the concept of security. The subsequent chapters then focus on the third security question, which addresses inherent security challenges.

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Metadata
Title
What Is Security? An African Security Perspective
Author
Manu Lekunze
Copyright Year
2020
Book
Inherent and Contemporary Challenges to African Security

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-26924-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-26925-8

Copyright Year: 2020

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26925-8_3

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