Synopsis of Community of insecurity
Sadc's struggle for peace and security in southern Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12338290 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laurie Nathan (0000-0001-8588-958X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 181-189 |
| Publication date | 2013-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Security Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1024-6029 • E-ISSN: 2154-0128 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10246029.2013.822667 |
| OpenAlex | W2031027781 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
This article presents a synopsis of Community of insecurity: SADC's struggle for peace and security in southern Africa, published by Ashgate in 2012. It focuses on SADC's efforts to establish a common security regime; conflict and peacemaking in southern Africa between 1992 and 2011; and the prospects of SADC becoming a security community. It summarises the reasons for SADC's difficulties in the sphere of regional security and politics, namely the weakness of member states, their unwillingness to surrender sovereignty to communal mechanisms, and the absence of common values among them. The main conclusion is that these problems lie primarily at the national level and cannot be solved at the regional level. SADC is a forum of states and it cannot do anything that these states will not permit it to do
Development economics · Economics · European union · International trade · Member states · Peacemaking · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Regional organization · Security community · Sociology · Sovereignty · Surrender · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa · South African History and Culture
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2022 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |