Piracy, state capacity and root causes

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Title:	Piracy, state capacity and root causes
Author:	Biziouras, Nikolaos
Year:	2013
Periodical:	African Security Review (ISSN 2154-0128)
Volume:	22
Issue:	3
Pages:	111-122
Language:	English
Geographic terms:	West Africa Angola Somalia
Subjects:	piracy regional security
External link:	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10246029.2013.790318
Abstract:	By comparing the Somali experience of piracy with the emerging situation in the Gulf of Guinea, the author shows that increases in the enforcement aspects of state capacity in the Gulf of Guinea states are necessary but not sufficient tools to combat the emergence, growth, and institutionalisation of piracy. Such tools would require state-building measures that would minimise the incentives of individuals to join piracy organisations and they would have to effectively deal with youth unemployment, income inequality, and environmental degradation. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]