INTERROGATING THE SECURITY-DEVELOPMENT NEXUS

WHAT IMPLICATIONS FOR STRATEGIC GOVERNANCE?

Authors

  • Atelhe George ATELHE University of Calabar, Calabar, NIGERIA
  • AL Chukwuma OKOLI Federal University, Lafia, NIGERIA

Keywords:

security-development nexus, strategic implications for governance in Africa

Abstract

The security-development nexus has been an important problematic in contemporary security cum development discourses. The thinking around this “nexus” has tremendously influenced the way that both security and development have been conceptualized and administered. By way of a descriptive analysis, predicated on selected literature, this paper revisits the security-development nexus with the intent to underscoring its essence and strategic import in the context of contemporary governance in Africa. The paper posits that the security-development nexus signifies the articulation of security and development regimens into a coordinate sphere of strategic governance in an effort to optimize the dispensation of public good. The paper submits that the “nexus” constitutes a paradigm shift that holds strategic implications for governance in Africa both in theory and in practice.

Author Biographies

Atelhe George ATELHE, University of Calabar, Calabar, NIGERIA

Department of Political Science

AL Chukwuma OKOLI, Federal University, Lafia, NIGERIA

Department of Political Science

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Published

2019-08-12

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ATELHE, A. G., & OKOLI, A. C. (2019). INTERROGATING THE SECURITY-DEVELOPMENT NEXUS: WHAT IMPLICATIONS FOR STRATEGIC GOVERNANCE?. Socialscientia: Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 4(1). Retrieved from https://journals.aphriapub.com/index.php/SS/article/view/939

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