Return of the generals? Global militarism in Africa from the Cold War to the present

被引:41
作者
Abrahamsen, Rita [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Ottawa, Grad Sch Publ & Int Affairs, 120 Univ, Ottawa, ON K1N6C8, Canada
[2] Univ Ottawa, Ctr Int Policy Studies, Ottawa, ON, Canada
关键词
Africa; development; international political sociology; militarism; security; terrorism; SECURITY; SECURITIZATION; CONFLICT;
D O I
10.1177/0967010617742243
中图分类号
D81 [国际关系];
学科分类号
030207 ;
摘要
Militarism is always historically constructed and context specific and must therefore be studied at the intersection of the global and the local. This article does so by tracing the continuities and changes of global militarism in Africa from the Cold War to the present. It argues that contemporary global militarism on the continent differs from its predecessor in two crucial aspects. First, it is promoted by development actors as much as by military establishments and is more firmly embedded within discourses of development and humanitarianism. Second, contemporary militarism remains focused on political order and stability but it is more concerned with war and direct combat. The article probes this paradox through an engagement with the concepts of security and securitization. It argues that today's militarism is suffused with the values of security and that it is precisely the logic of security and securitization that gives it its contemporary political force.
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页码:19 / 31
页数:13
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