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Record Nr.

UNINA9910162743303321

Titolo

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

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.

Sommario/riassunto

The sixth edition of Africa in World Politics focuses on challenges



African states face in constructing viable political economies in contexts both of familiar domestic challenges and an unprecedented mix of engagements, opportunities, and threats emanating from a turbulent and rapidly changing international order.