02862nam 2200613 a 450 991046521860332120200520144314.01-78170-225-X1-84779-422-X(CKB)2560000000085861(EBL)1069734(OCoLC)818847550(SSID)ssj0000712730(PQKBManifestationID)12280892(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712730(PQKBWorkID)10645276(PQKB)11587293(StDuBDS)EDZ0000085755(MiAaPQ)EBC1069734(Au-PeEL)EBL1069734(CaPaEBR)ebr10627258(CaONFJC)MIL843750(EXLCZ)99256000000008586120111017d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBritain and Africa under Blair[electronic resource] in pursuit of the good state /Julia GallagherManchester ;New York Manchester University Press ;New York distributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan20111 online resource (177 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7190-9117-9 0-7190-8500-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. New Labour: doing good in Africa -- 2. Ideas of the good and the political -- 3. How the British found utopia in Africa -- 4. The good, the bad and the ambiguous -- 5. Healing the scar? -- 6. Idealisation in Africa -- 7. The good state -- 8. Conclusion.Africa was a key focus of Britain's foreign policy under Tony Blair. Military intervention in Sierra Leone, increases in aid and debt relief, and grand initiatives such as the Commission for Africa established the continent as a place in which Britain could 'do good'. Britain and Africa under Blair: in pursuit of the good state critically explores Britain's fascination with Africa. It argues that, under New Labour, Africa represented an area of policy that appeared to transcend politics. Gradually, it came to embody an ideal state activity around which politicians, officials and the wider publEconomic assistance, BritishAfricaHistoryGreat BritainForeign relationsAfricaAfricaForeign relationsGreat BritainGreat BritainForeign relations1997-Great BritainPolitics and government1997-2007Electronic books.Economic assistance, BritishHistory.327.4106Gallagher Julia915047MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465218603321Britain and Africa under Blair2050804UNINA