COLLECTIVE SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA: A CASE FROM ECOWAS
COLLECTIVE SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA: A CASE FROM ECOWAS
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1994-04
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CALMDAY-NELSON, Ebieteli
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Abstract
The Central thesis of this study is that Africa's Underdevelopment
and Dependency on the industrialised external nations of Europe and
America, which is a colonial legacy, is disruptive of the concept
of collective security in the region. This is because these
Metropoles attach priority to their economic and strategic
interests in their relationship with African States (the
satellites), especially in the area of conflict management.
The study proposes self-reliance and Pan-Africanism through the
Framework of the O.A.U., as the doctrine on which African security
must be founded. It sees the Liberian crisis and the ECOWAS
response of ECOMOG, as a new approach towards the attainment of
collective security goals at the continental level and ultimately
of achieving the ideal of global peace.
The work satisfies the belief that the Underdevelopment and
dependency Theory (UDT) in Political Science is not a prerogative
of economic analyses alone, as evidence prove that, in addition to
the fact that all economically oriented analysis of necessity have
security implications, the UDT can indeed be more suitable for
analysing the insecurity of the African region in particular, and
the less developed world in general.
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A Thesis submitted to the Postgraduate School,
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria,
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the
award of the degree of Master of Science,
in the Department of Political Science.
Keywords
COLLECTIVE,, SECURITY,, DEVELOPMENT,, AFRICAN,, CASE,, ECOWAS