Book contents
- The Security Arena in Africa
- The Security Arena in Africa
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Boxes
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Ordering the Security Arena
- 2 National and Local Histories of Security
- 3 Creating Centres and Peripheries in the National Arena
- 4 Inner and Outer Circles of the Arena
- 5 Stable Ordering and Predictable Security
- 6 Fluid Ordering and Flexible Security
- 7 Mixing Ordering Forms
- 8 Embedding into and Detaching from the Arena
- Conclusion
- References
- Index
5 - Stable Ordering and Predictable Security
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 January 2020
- The Security Arena in Africa
- The Security Arena in Africa
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Boxes
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Ordering the Security Arena
- 2 National and Local Histories of Security
- 3 Creating Centres and Peripheries in the National Arena
- 4 Inner and Outer Circles of the Arena
- 5 Stable Ordering and Predictable Security
- 6 Fluid Ordering and Flexible Security
- 7 Mixing Ordering Forms
- 8 Embedding into and Detaching from the Arena
- Conclusion
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 5 investigates more stable forms of ordering the security arena. They are characterized by clearly voiced claims, hierarchized actor relations, and structured processes of security provision. Such ordering is commonly expected by the state but state practices often fall short of its narratives of stable ordering. Other actors also turn to stable ordering when they believe they are able to gain larger stakes in the arena. Actors can even resort to force when they have the means to press their claims. Stable ordering can create predictable security but it can also create organized insecurity.
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- The Security Arena in AfricaLocal Order-Making in the Central African Republic, Somaliland, and South Sudan, pp. 142 - 162Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020