The political economy of securitization: The case of Boko Haram, Nigeria

Michael Okwuchi Nwankpa ()
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Michael Okwuchi Nwankpa: Department of Sociology, University of Roehampton, United Kingdom

Economics of Peace and Security Journal, 2015, vol. 10, issue 1, 32-39

Abstract: Since the abduction in 2014 of 276 high school girls in a remote village, Chibok, in Borno state, Nigeria, the activities of the proscribed group Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati Wal-Jihad, popularly known as Boko Haram, has received elevated domestic and international attention, as has the Nigerian government’s strategy to deal with the group. Criticisms of the government’s ineffective handling of the situation have been made by a number of foreign governments, and several of them have offered military, intelligence, diplomatic, and law enforcement assistance to Nigeria. From a political economy perspective, this article presents a critical reading and analysis of the local and international response to Boko Haram. It finds that an interest in the “securitization” of development prevails over a genuine peace and security agenda.

Keywords: Boko Haram; political economy; securitized development; Nigeria; counter-terrorism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D74 O55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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