Preventive Diplomacy, Security, and Human Rights in West Africa - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3030253538 ISBN 13: 9783030253530

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020

Synopsis

This edited volume focuses on the development and conflict prevention mechanism of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS. The contributors discuss complex socio-political and economic issues and use a cross disciplinary approach to treat most of the dominant research questions in the field. The chapters come nicely together in a kaleidoscope of knowledge deriving from scholarly investigative traditions in political science, anthropology, economics, law, and sociology. The book is conceived as a source of reference and for graduate courses in African politics, development, human rights, transnational law, and international public policy.   

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About the Author

Okon Akiba is International and Comparative Politics Professor, York University, Toronto, Canada.

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This edited volume focuses on the development and conflict prevention mechanism of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS. The contributors discuss complex socio-political and economic issues and use a cross disciplinary approach to treat most of the dominant research questions in the field. The chapters come nicely together in a kaleidoscope of knowledge deriving from scholarly investigative traditions in political science, anthropology, economics, law, and sociology. The book is conceived as a source of reference and for graduate courses in African politics, development, human rights, transnational law, and international public policy.   

Okon Akiba is Professor in the International and Comparative Politics (ICP) Department at American University of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan.

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030253538
• ISBN 13: 9783030253530
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Akiba Okon