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OverviewThis book uses Securitisation Theory to explore how Muslims have been constructed as a security issue in Africa after the 9/11 attacks in the United States. These attacks became the rationale for the US’s Global War on Terror (GWOT). The centrality of Africa as an arena to execute the GWOT is the focus of this book. This book explores, particularly, how western-centred security discourses around Muslims has permeated South African security discourse in the post-apartheid period. It claims that the popular press and the local think-tank community were critical knowledge-sites that imported rather than interrogated debates which have underpinned policy-initiatives such as the GWOT. Such theorisation seems contrary to the original architects of securitisation theory who maintain that issues become security concerns when institutional voices declare these as such. However, this book confirms that non-institutional voices have securitised the African Muslims by equatingthem with terrorism. This book illustrates that such securitisation reproduces partisan knowledge that promote Western interests. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mohamed Natheem HendricksPublisher: Springer Verlag, Singapore Imprint: Springer Verlag, Singapore Edition: 1st ed. 2020 Weight: 0.478kg ISBN: 9789811556258ISBN 10: 9811556253 Pages: 247 Publication Date: 04 July 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Prolegomenon: The White Widow-The Kenyan Westgate Mall Attack2. The United State: Pivotal in the Terrorism Debate in Africa3. Conceptualising Securitisation4.The Invisible College5. Expertise, Epistemes and the Construction of a Suspect Community6. Writing Insecurity: Representations of Muslims and Islam in the South African Print Media7. ConclusionReviewsAuthor InformationDr Mohamed Natheem Hendricks, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa. His interest in security matters was sparked by debates related to Regional, Water and Human Security. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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