| Africa in International Politics: External Involvement on the Continent Contributor(s): Taylor, Ian (Editor), Williams, Paul (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415358361 ISBN-13: 9780415358361 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2004 Annotation: Africa has long been considered marginal to the world in both economic and political terms. This important volume seeks to rectify this, arguing that over the centuries there has been a continual flow of both ideas and goods between Africa, Europe, Asia, and later the Americas. Indeed, Africa has never existed apart from world politics, but has been unavoidably entangled in the ebb and flow of events and changing configurations of power. br br i Africa in International Politics /i examines and compares external involvement in the continent, exploring the foreign policies of major states and international organizations towards it. Drawing on critical approaches from International Relations, International Political Economy and Security Studies, the book sets out a framework for understanding Africa's place in world politics and provides detailed analyses of the major external states and international organizations currently influencing African politics. At the same time, Africa is viewed as a player in its own right whose behavior and agency acts to define, in many cases, the policies and even identities of external agents. br br This book provides the first comprehensive, critical and up-to-date analysis of the policies of the major external actors towards Africa after the Cold War. The chapters focus on the policies of the United States, the UK, France, China, Russia, Japan and Canada, as well as the European Union, International Financial Institutions and United Nations peacekeeping. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - General - Political Science | Comparative Politics - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 327.6 |
| Series: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Pol |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6.38" W x 9.14" (0.79 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Locating Africa on the global stage, this book examines and compares external involvement in the continent, exploring the foreign policies of major states and international organizations towards Africa. The contributors work within a political economy framework in order to study how these powers have attempted to stimulate democracy, peace and prosperity in the context of neo-liberal hegemony and ask whom these attempts have benefited and failed. |