Policing in Africa [electronic resource] /
Francis, D.author.
This wide-ranging collection offers fresh insights into a critical factor in development and politics on the African continent. It critically examines and illustrates the centrality of policing in transition societies in Africa, and outlines and assesses the emergence and impact of the diversity of state and non-state policing agencies.
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Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Notes on Contributors; Part I: Policing in Transition Societies in Africa; 1 Introduction: Understanding Policing in Transition Societies in Africa; 2 Elusive Gains: Policing and Security Sector Reform in Liberia; 3 A Force for Good? Police Reform in Postwar Sierra Leone; 4 Policing Refugees in Fragile States: The Case of Kenya; 5 From Repressive to Community Policing in Uganda; 6 Policing the Post-Colony: Legal Pluralism, Security, and Social Control in The Gambia
Part II: International Police Reform Capacity Building Partnerships: Lessons from Other Regions7 Guns, Violence, and Fragile Stability: Policing in the Balkans; 8 Cycles of Police Reform in Latin America; Bibliography; Index
This wide-ranging collection offers fresh insights into a critical factor in development and politics on the African continent. It critically examines and illustrates the centrality of policing in transition societies in Africa, and outlines and assesses the emergence and impact of the diversity of state and non-state policing agencies.
Ethnology—Africa.
Politics and war.
Economic policy.
Africa—Politics and government.
International economics.
Political economy.
African Culture.
Military and Defence Studies.
Economic Policy.
African Politics.
International Economics.
International Political Economy.