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This title traces three decades of securitisation in Angola. As a governing strategy during war and peacetime, it muted the aspirations of those on opposing sides, distorted the state, emboldened elites and redefined the identity of Angolans. Through this lens, Paula Cristina Roque provides an original account of Angola's post-conflict state-building. Securitisation protected the interests of President dos Santos, the ruling MPLA party and the elites supporting the regime. Angola's array of security forces and infrastructure provided an alternative to a fully functioning executive, at national, provincial and local levels. The intrusive way in which any form of dissent or activism was crushed allowed the presidency to control the direction and narrative of the post-war years.

Santos, José Eduardo dos, --- Lourenço, João Manuel Gonçalves, --- Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola --- History. --- Angola --- History --- Politics and government --- Gonçalves Lourenço, João Manuel, --- Lourenço, João, --- Dos Santos, José Eduardo, --- MPLA --- Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola --- People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola --- Mouvement populaire de libération de l'Angola --- Angola Popular Liberation Movement --- Folkrörelsen för Angolas befrielse --- M.P.L.A. --- Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola-Partido de Trabalho --- National security. --- National security --- National security policy --- NSP (National security policy) --- Security policy, National --- Economic policy --- International relations --- Military policy --- Government policy