GLOBALIZATION OF DEMOCRACY: WHAT ARE THE NATIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES FOR AFRICA?
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EZ E AN YIK A, S AMU EL E.
the developed, developing and underdeveloped countries, respectively. The study posits that the internationalization of these concepts has also internationalized their positive effects, but particularly their concomitant negative ones such as pauperization, transnational criminal activities and internal crisis, leading to serious national security challenges for the underdeveloped countries. The study argues that the security challenges in the underdeveloped countries go beyond the containment capacity of their respective governments and therefore require global collaborative efforts. It justifies this position with the postulations of the dependency syndrome to which underdeveloped countries have been subjected to, ascribing them as the weak and disadvantaged partners in the globalizing and democratizing processes. The study concludes that its proposition is not intended to underplay the responsibility of underdeveloped countries’ governments to be responsive to the needs and demands of their citizenry for democracy and good governance.