Research Catalog

Title

Governance and border security in Africa / edited by Celestine Oyom Bassey & Oshita O. Oshita.

Publication

Lagos : Malthouse Press Ltd. for the University of Calabar Press, 2010.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bassey, Celestine Oyom
• Oshita, Oshita O.

Description

xxix, 327 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Malthouse strategic and conflict studies books

Uniform Title

Malthouse strategic and conflict studies books

Subjects

• Since 1960
• Africa > Boundaries
• Africa > Foreign relations
• Africa > Politics and government > 1960-
• Conflict management > Africa
• National security > Africa
• Border security > Africa

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-323) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction : governance and border crisis in Africa / Celestine Oyom Bassey -- Cross-border relations in Africa / A.I. Asiwaju -- Territorial imperatives and border problems in Africa / Celestine Oyom Bassey -- Transnational relations and the African Union / Oshita O. Oshita -- Security governance in Africa / Celestine Oyom Bassey -- Conflict research : social science perspective / Haruna Diakwa -- Conflict indicators and early warning system : a theoretical analysis / Nuhu Yaqub -- Peculiarities of research into conflict / Dauda Abubakar -- Conflict development in the African region / Okan Eminue -- Conflict and integration in West Africa / C. Nna-Emeka Okereke -- Inter-state boundary conflicts in Nigeria / M.O. Bonchuk -- Border policing and trans-border co-operation in Africa / V. Ochefu & M. Kpoghul -- Law enforcement and trans-border cooperation in Africa / R. Abang-Wushishi -- Conflict prevention and management through democracy and good governance / Osita Eze -- Arms trade and common security : the case of SALW in West Africa / Oshita O. Oshita -- Territoriality, arms trade and sub-regional security / Onyinka Onwuka -- Trans-border conflict and peace support operations : Nigerian experience / Celestine Oyom Bassey -- Nigeria and peace support operations in West Africa / Okozie Nwankwo -- The African Union and management of border conflicts in Africa : lost, guarded or grounded optimism? / Ralph Ogom -- ICJ and the arbitration of border crisis in Africa : the Nigeria-Cameroon dispute over Bakassi / Oshega Abang -- International law and the management of African boundary disputes / Aliyu Ahmed-Hameed & Efem N. Ubi -- Nigeria and the challenges of trans-national security in West Africa / Gani Yoroms -- Between national security considerations and good neighbourliness : Nigeria and the challenge of cross-border crime in West Africa / Victor A.O. Adetula -- Conclusion : border security, regionalism and governance in Africa / Oshita O. Oshita.

ISBN

• 9789788422075
• 9788422071

OCLC

• 607977865
• SCSB-11967939

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library