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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781137903321

Titolo

African Americans in global affairs [[electronic resource] ] : contemporary perspectives / / edited by Michael L. Clemons

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hanover, NH, : University Press of New England, c2010

ISBN

1-282-66102-7

9786612661020

1-55553-731-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (406 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ClemonsMichael L

Disciplina

323.1196/073

Soggetti

African Americans - Politics and government

African American politicians

African American legislators

Political participation

World politics

International relations

United States Politics and government

United States Foreign relations

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

Front Cover; Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1: Racial Justice in Foreign Affairs: Ronald W. Walters; I: African American Foreign Affairs Participation: Nature and Dynamics; 2: Conceptualizing the Foreign Affairs Participation of African Americans: Michael L. Clemons; 3: From Anticolonialism to Anti-Apartheid: Ronald Williams II; II: Rise to Institutional Global Power Positions; 4: Congress and Africa's Constituency: William G. Jones; 5: The Making of African American Foreign Policymakers: Josephine A. V. Allen et al; 6: Colin L. Powell and the Iraq War: Michael L. Clemons

7: Condoleeza Rice and Madeleine Albright: Michael L. Clemons and Supad Ghose8: The Rise and Fall of Black Influence on U.S. Foreign Policy: Charles P. Henry; III: Transnational Activism and Globalization; 9: The Looming Quest for Global Reparations: Ife Williams; 10: The Emergence of a Legislative Caucus of Afro-Descendant Legislators in



the Americas: Minion K. C. Morrison; 11: African Americans, Transnational Contention, and Cross-National Politics in the United States and Venezuela: Sekou M. Franklin; 12: The Assault of the Monkey King on the Hosts of Heaven: Robeson Taj P. Frazier

Epilogue: Toward Foreign Policy Justice in the Post-Bush Era: Michael L. ClemonsAbout the Contributors; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

A long-overdue introduction to the multifaceted nature of African American participation in global affairs