dc.contributor.author | Ofosu-Atuahene, Benjamin | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-08-27T17:41:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-08-27T17:41:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-08-27T17:41:38Z | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/80752 | |
dc.description | Africa is still seen as a place of Insecurity. This insecurity has led to a parallel rise in Private security activities on the continent. Their emergence raises a plethora of logical concerns and even some scholars have opined that they challenge the Weberian notion of the State.
In the past, Private security services especially private security companies (PSCs) have been seen as mercenary caricatures who are a threat to the State but in recent decades, that perception is changing. They are now seen by some as beneficial and important to security on the continent.
They have become the alternative to filling the existing security gap on the African Continent if Africa has any chance of consolidating the gains it has made over the years towards achieving peace and security, which is a key tenet of SDG 16.
In light of this, this research thesis seeks to understand why have Private Security Services have become unavoidable in West Africa using the Niger Delta & North Eastern Nigeria as my country case studies? | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Africa continues to be synonymous with a place of insecurity in contemporary times. This insecurity has met the parallel rise of private security actors. My thesis seeks to understand why private security services have become unavoidable on the continent. I argue that Africa’s insecurity problem is the effect of the colonial legacy of ethnic partitioning which has exposed incompatible differences and paved a way for an ‘us vs them' mentality in African societies. These divisions have been further deteriorated by bad African leadership practices leading to little or no trust in the State and its security apparatus. From my case studies in Nigeria, I find that the colonial legacies of ethnic partitioning, as well as predatory neo patrimonial tendencies of African leaders, have contributed to the lack of trust in the State and its security apparatus. These have further necessitated the need for the services of private security actors thus making them unavoidable in Africa. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Private Security | en_US |
dc.subject | Private Security Services | en_US |
dc.subject | Private Security Companies | en_US |
dc.subject | Vigilante groups | en_US |
dc.subject | Nigeria | en_US |
dc.subject | Niger Delta | en_US |
dc.subject | North-Eastern Nigeria | en_US |
dc.subject | ethnic partitioning | en_US |
dc.subject | Neopatrimonialism | en_US |
dc.title | PRIVATE SECURITY ACTORS IN AFRICA: THE CASE OF NIGER DELTA & NORTH-EASTERN NIGERIA IN WEST AFRICA. | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2021-08-24 | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Political Science | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Arts | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | n/a | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Dr. Kristin Good | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. Peter Arthur | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. Robert Finbow | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Dr. David Black | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |