Human Security and Sustainable Development in East Africa

This book investigates contemporary human security issues in East Africa, setting forth policy recommendations and a research agenda for future studies.

Autorentext

Jeremiah O. Asaka is an assistant professor of Security Studies in the Department of Security Studies at Sam Houston State University.

Alice A. Oluoko-Odingo is an associate professor of Geography and Environmental Studies in the Department of Earth and Climate Sciences at the University of Nairobi.

Inhalt

Foreword By Timothy M. Shaw Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Human Security and Sustainable Development in East Africa Jeremiah O. Asaka and Alice A. Oluoko-Odingo 2. Human Security Jeremiah O. Asaka 3. Securitization Versus Human Security: An Ontological Argument Francis Onditi 4. Interrogating the Role of Human Security and Human Development in Transforming Refugees Livelihoods in Kenya and Uganda Dennis Jjuuko 5. Elusive Peace and Conflict Resolution in South Sudan: A Human Security Alternative Approach Israel Nyaburi Nyadera and Billy Agwanda 6. Conflicting Identities and Insecurities? Uncertainties About Land Rights in Tanzania and Ethiopia Francis Semwaza 7. Economic Perspectives to Human Security in Rwanda Alfred R. Bizoza 8. Human Security Implications of Aflatoxins in East Africa Ruth Wangia Dixon and Jeremiah O. Asaka 9. The Governance Dimensions of Environment Security in 21st-Century Eastern Africa: A Review Mumo Nzau 10. Impact of Climate Resilient Rural Road Transport on Human Security in Kenya Evaristus M. Irandu 11. Climate Change, Food Security, and the Challenge of Sustainable Development in East Africa Alice A. Oluoko-Odingo 12. Housing and Human Security in Kampala, Uganda Assumpta Nnaggenda Musana and Doreen Kyosimire 13. Exploring the Urbanization-Migration Nexus in Nairobi City, Kenya: A Human Security Analysis Elias H. O. Ayiemba Index