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Record Nr.

UNINA9910348241403321

Titolo

Africa in international politics : external involvement on the continent / / edited by Ian Taylor and Paul Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-36711-2

0-203-60175-0

1-134-36712-0

1-280-01994-8

0-203-49317-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Collana

Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics

Altri autori (Persone)

TaylorIan <1969-2021.>

WilliamsPaul <1975->

Disciplina

327.6

Soggetti

Africa Foreign relations 1960-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : understanding Africa's place in world politics / Ian Taylor and Paul Williams -- The contending currents in United States involvement in Sub-Saharan Africa / James J. Hentz -- Britain and Africa after the Cold War : beyond damage limitation? / Paul Williams -- France's policy towards Africa : continuity or change? / Daniela Kroslak -- The "all-weather friend"? : Sino-African interaction in the twenty-first century / Ian Taylor -- Russia and Africa : moving in the right direction? / Vladimir Shubin -- Japan-Africa relations : patterns and prospects / Scarlett Cornelissen -- Canada and Africa : activist aspirations in straitened circumstances / David Black -- the European Union's external relations with Africa after the Cold War : aspects of continuity and change / Stephen R. Hurt -- The international financial institutions' relations with Africa : insights from the issue of representation and voice / Caroline Thomas -- From Congo to Congo : United Nations peacekeeping in Africa / Adekeye Adebajo.

Sommario/riassunto

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.