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The European Union in Africa: the linkage between security, governance and development from an institutional perspective
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Abstract The international community currently favours an approach to development that stresses a triangular linkage between security, good governance and economic development. This approach clearly informs the European Union's agenda in Africa, which has progressively integrated governance and security elem... view more
The international community currently favours an approach to development that stresses a triangular linkage between security, good governance and economic development. This approach clearly informs the European Union's agenda in Africa, which has progressively integrated governance and security elements. This paper will show that this agenda is at least as much determined by the bureaucratic and national affiliations of the concerned EU actors as it is by African realities and international trends. African security indeed triggers a competition between the different European institutions, eager to be the driving force for a policy that can offer some additional resources and autonomy. The consistency and the credibility of the EU security policy in Africa will therefore depend on the responses provided to these institutional rivalries.... view less
Classification
Sociology of Developing Countries, Developmental Sociology
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Free Keywords
Africa; security; government, state policy, ideologies, institutions; international relations and organisations and agreements
Document language
English
Publication Year
2009
Page/Pages
p. 789-814
Journal
Journal of Development Studies, 45 (2009) 5
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00220380802582312
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)