Contemporary French Security Policy in Africa

On Ideas and Wars

Benedikt Erforth (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XX, 218 Seiten

2020 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-17583-2 (ISBN)

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Despite efforts to normalize its post-colonial relationship and the downsizing of its permanent military presence, France remains a sought-after security provider in Africa. This book uncovers individual and collective motivations that drive French foreign and security policy in Africa. It explains French interventionism by drawing on actors' subjective perceptions of reality and seeks to answer why French decision-makers are ready to accept the considerable risks and costs involved in guaranteeing the security of African countries. Adopting an actor-centric constructivist ontology, the author traces the emergence and subsequent development of ideas throughout the decision-making processes that led to Operation Serval in Mali and Operation Sangaris in the Central African Republic.

lt;b>Benedikt Erforth holds a PhD in International Studies from the University of Trento and has taught international relations, foreign policy, and EU politics at Sciences Po Paris, France. His work has been published in Millennium, the Cambridge Review of International Affairs, and the European Review of International Affairs.

1. Introduction: France's New Interventionism in Africa.- 2. Ever Just the Same? French Foreign and Security Policy in Africa.- 3. Agents, Structures, and Ideas.- 4. Securitizing Mali: No Free Ride for Terrorists in Francophone Africa.- 5. Avoiding a Second Rwanda: Peacekeeping in the Central African Republic.- 6. After the Storm.

Erscheinungsdatum	17.08.2020
Reihe/Serie	The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy
Zusatzinfo	XX, 218 p. 14 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	318 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
Schlagworte	Africa • France • French politics • military activism • Peacekeeping • security • terrorism
ISBN-10	3-030-17583-9 / 3030175839
ISBN-13	978-3-030-17583-2 / 9783030175832
Zustand	Neuware