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Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
African Union; hybridity; Sahel; ECOWAS; regional security governance; limited statehoood
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The Map Is Not The Territory: Governance, Hybridity And The Apsa In Mali, Ousmane Aly Diallo
The Map Is Not The Territory: Governance, Hybridity And The Apsa In Mali, Ousmane Aly Diallo
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
This dissertation examines the politics and assumptions underlying regional security governance in Africa through the prism of the challenges posed by the intricacies of domestic governance in the Sahel. Based on a study of the actions of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU) during the conflict in Mali (2012-), this dissertation argues that at the core of the challenges faced by the APSA in Mali, is the fundamental mismatch between the processes of regional governance initiated by African regional actors, which are rooted in the Westphalian conception of statehood, and the realities of everyday …