Africa in world politics : constructing political and economic order / / edited by John W. Harbeson and Donald Rothchild

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910162743303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boulder, CO : , : Westview Press, , [2017]
• ISBN: 0-429-97510-4; 0-429-96402-1; 0-367-09825-3; 0-429-49547-1
• Edizione: [Sixth edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 346 pages) : illustrations, map
• Disciplina: 960.33
• Soggetti: World politics - 1989-; Africa Politics and government 1960-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Constructing political and economic order / John W. Harbeson -- The heritage of colonialism / Crawford Young -- Reflections on Arica's rocky love-hate relationship with international capital / Todd Moss -- Entrepreneurial governance and the expansion of public investment funds in Africa / M. Anne Pitcher -- The sad story of "Africa rising" and of the continent's romance with the BRICs / Ian Taylor -- In pursuit of autonomy : civil society and the state in Africa / Aili Mari Tripp -- Democracy and the state in Sub-Saharan Africa / John W. Harbeson -- The international factor in African warfare / William Reno -- Sudan and South Sudan : the tragic denouement of the comprehensive peace agreement / Princeton N. Lyman -- Instability in the Great Lakes region / Filip Reyntjen -- Boko Haram and Nigeria state weakness / John Campbell -- The diplomacy of African conflicts / I. William Zartman -- Bilateral vs. multilateral peacebuilding in Africa / Carrie Manning and Louis-Alexandre Berg -- The African Union's peace and security architecture--from aspiration to operationalization / Ulf Engel -- Reconciling sovereignty with responsibility : a basis for international humanitarian action / Francis M. Deng.