Citizen participation in public security policies in Africa: a comparative analysis of the examples of Burkina Faso and Niger
The article analyses citizen participation in public security policies in Niger and Burkina Faso. It shows that citizen involvement in security governance has been shaped by the dynamics of political regimes and the relations of the latter with the international sphere. As an instrument of political...
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Institut de Hautes Études Internationales et du Développement
2019-11-01
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| Series: | Revue Internationale de Politique de Développement |
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| author | Abdoul Karim Saidou |
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| description | The article analyses citizen participation in public security policies in Niger and Burkina Faso. It shows that citizen involvement in security governance has been shaped by the dynamics of political regimes and the relations of the latter with the international sphere. As an instrument of political regulation, citizen participation thus appears as a privileged site for the observation of power struggles and the establishment of public action in states receiving aid. The analysis proves very fruitful from the point of view of the logics of extraversion that characterizes public action in Africa. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f8f7d75ae4c9441785e1887d147cffc62022-12-21T18:12:31ZengInstitut de Hautes Études Internationales et du DéveloppementRevue Internationale de Politique de Développement1663-93752019-11-01111Citizen participation in public security policies in Africa: a comparative analysis of the examples of Burkina Faso and NigerAbdoul Karim SaidouThe article analyses citizen participation in public security policies in Niger and Burkina Faso. It shows that citizen involvement in security governance has been shaped by the dynamics of political regimes and the relations of the latter with the international sphere. As an instrument of political regulation, citizen participation thus appears as a privileged site for the observation of power struggles and the establishment of public action in states receiving aid. The analysis proves very fruitful from the point of view of the logics of extraversion that characterizes public action in Africa.http://journals.openedition.org/poldev/3216 |
| spellingShingle | Abdoul Karim Saidou Citizen participation in public security policies in Africa: a comparative analysis of the examples of Burkina Faso and Niger Revue Internationale de Politique de Développement |
| title | Citizen participation in public security policies in Africa: a comparative analysis of the examples of Burkina Faso and Niger |
| title_full | Citizen participation in public security policies in Africa: a comparative analysis of the examples of Burkina Faso and Niger |
| title_fullStr | Citizen participation in public security policies in Africa: a comparative analysis of the examples of Burkina Faso and Niger |
| title_full_unstemmed | Citizen participation in public security policies in Africa: a comparative analysis of the examples of Burkina Faso and Niger |
| title_short | Citizen participation in public security policies in Africa: a comparative analysis of the examples of Burkina Faso and Niger |
| title_sort | citizen participation in public security policies in africa a comparative analysis of the examples of burkina faso and niger |
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