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Conflict and human security in Africa : Kenya in perspective / Edited by Asfaw Kumssa, James Herbert Williams, and John F. Jones.
- Title
- Conflict and human security in Africa : Kenya in perspective / Edited by Asfaw Kumssa, James Herbert Williams, and John F. Jones.
- Author
- Kumssa, Asfaw.
- Publication
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
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- Description
- 209 p. : ill., maps; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "This edited volume looks at human security and conflict in northern Kenya and nearby areas within Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, and Uganda. It spells out the precise meaning and nuances of human security in today's global economy and examines the causes and effects of conflict in the region within the context of human security. It also discusses how to reduce vulnerability and enhance the human security of communities affected by regional conflict by building conflict prevention and management capacity and encouraging alternative livelihoods"--
- Subject
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / General
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security
- Peace-building > Kenya
- Conflict management > Kenya
- Human security > Kenya
- National security > Kenya
- Ethnic conflict > Kenya
- Conflict management
- Ethnic conflict
- Human rights
- Human security
- National security
- Peace-building
- Politics and Government
- Social conditions
- Kenya > Social conditions
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction : conflict and human security in northern Kenya / Asfaw Kumssa, James Herbert Williams -- Research methodology / Isaac Karanja Mwangi, John Murimi Njoka -- Local communities, social systems, and human security / Patrick O. Alila -- Human security and conflict resolution : idea and action / John F. Jones -- Conflict management strategies in northern Kenya / Isaac Murimi Njoka -- Politics and ethnicity : the search for a solution / John Murimi Njoka -- Culture and conflict in northern Kenya / Enos H.N. Njeru -- Conflict in northern Kenya from a regional perspective / Asfaw Kumssa -- Capacity building and creation of livelihoods for sustainable development / Isaac Karanja Mwangi -- Summary and conclusion : a view from the bridge / John F. Jones, James Herbert Williams.
- ISBN
- 9780230115606 (hardback)
- 0230115608 (hardback)
- LCCN
- ^^2011000530
- OCLC
- 687699264
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library