African Perspectives on Global Pandemics and the Challenges of Peace and Security

Masake Pilisano Harris; Richard Obinna Iroanya

doi:10.5771/9781666924817

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African Perspectives on Global Pandemics and the Challenges of Peace and Security by Masake Pilisano Harris and Richard Obinna Iroanya dissects the effects of pandemics in Africa and the possibilities for countering pandemic outbreaks in the future. The contributors of this volume bring new perspectives on the legal and security challenges of pandemics, covering political, socio-economic, health, security, and legal facets of pandemics nationally and regionally. This book discusses essential topics including: securitization, state behavior and actions during the COVID-19 pandemic, public health and political measures during pandemics, the amplification of the insecurities in African states, the increase of crime and criminality related to pandemic challenges, and the economic impacts that surround pandemic outbreaks. Harris and Iroanya bring these thematic areas to light not only to comprehensively analyze countermeasures towards pandemics in Africa, but also to encourage security policies that reflect the multidimensional nature of state authority and functions to tackle the next outbreak more affectively.

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Copyright year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-2480-0
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-2481-7
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 216
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. Foreword No access
3. Introduction No access
Pandemics and State Survival No access Pages 1 - 22
The Impetus and Challenges in Securitizing Pandemics and Lessons for the Future No access Pages 23 - 46
The Politicization of COVID-19 No access Pages 47 - 66
The Politics of Quarantine and Nigeria’s National Security No access Pages 67 - 92
Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic on National Security No access Pages 93 - 112
COVID-19 Lockdown, Civil-Military Relations, and Human Security No access Pages 113 - 126
Assessing the Challenges Experienced by the Namibian Security Sector in the Fight against the COVID No access Pages 127 - 144
Implications of COVID-19 State of Emergency/Lockdown on the Commission of Crime and Criminality No access Pages 145 - 160
Impact of COVID-19 on the Workforce and the Question of Job Security No access Pages 161 - 178
Managing Conflicts No access Pages 179 - 196
Epilogue No access Pages 197 - 204
Index No access Pages 205 - 208
About the Editors No access Pages 209 - 210
About the Contributors No access Pages 211 - 216