Securitization Outside the West

Front matter

Routledge New Security Studies

SECURITIZATION OUTSIDE THE WEST

WEST AFRICAN SECURITY RECONCEPTUALISED

Introduction

1 An archaeology of knowledge on securitization in Africa: From Eurocentrism to racism

3 A new securitization framework outside of the West: The securitization-neo-patrimonialism nexus 4 Liberia: Neo-patrimonial statehood and securitization processes

5 Sierra Leone: Neo-patrimonial political culture and securitization processes

6 Health security in West Africa: From HIV/AIDS, EDV/Ebola to COVID-19

Bibliography Index

198 220

Tables

4.1 Securitization processes in Liberia 130 5.1 Securitization processes in Sierra Leone 168

To my friend and mentor, Prof Christian Kaunert, sincere appreciation. You have been a strong support system. Thank you.

Edwin Ezeokafor

To my daughter Elisabeth and my son Raphael. You are my eternal pride until my last breath. To my wife Sarah — I will always love you. To my parents — many thanks for all your support and love.

Christian Kaunert

Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge their debt to those many people who have helped and influenced the approach and findings presented in this book. Parts of the research presented in this book have been disseminated in articles, including: Edwin Ezeokafor & Christian Kaunert (2018) ‘Securitization outside of the West: conceptualizing the securitization—neo-patrimonialism nexus in Africa’, Global Discourse, 8:1, 83-99. We thank the publishers very much for allowing us to use the material for this book.