02839nam 2200445 450 991052292680332120220828120843.03-030-87805-8(MiAaPQ)EBC6825098(Au-PeEL)EBL6825098(CKB)20106119400041(PPN)262055708(EXLCZ)992010611940004120220828d2022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe African Union and African agency in international politics /Tshepo GwatiwaCham, Switzerland :Palgrave Macmillan,[2022]©20221 online resource (xvii, 223 pages) illustrations (some color)Includes index.Print version: Gwatiwa, Tshepo The African Union and African Agency in International Politics Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783030878047 Includes indexChapter 1: Introduction/Theorizing African Agency in International Politics Chapter 2: African Agency in Historical Perspective Chapter 3: Negotiating Agency in AU Partnerships Chapter 4: Agency in the Mission Space Chapter 5: Opportunities to Enhance African Agency Chapter 6: ConclusionThis book examines the role of the African Union in relation to African agency in international politics. It examines the manner and extent to which the African Union exercises two forms of agencyshirking and slippagein its strategic and collaborative partnerships. The author focuses on four major AU partnerships with the European Union, NATO, the United Nations and US AFRICOM. The books examines African agency in each partnership by exploring the politics and dynamics of each partnership in different aspects: the multilevel engagement, institutionalization, resource contribution and disbursement, as well as preference linkage. It specifically does that by examining African ownership and leadership in all of these aspects. The book highlights the role of agency slack as a survival strategy to escape from the AUs subaltern position in international politics. It designates the partnership with the European Union as emblematic of African agency; while the others exhibit different forms of agency slack. Partnerships with NATO and the United Nations exhibit shirking, while that with the US AFRICOM exhibits slippage.GlobalizationAfricaForeign relationsGlobalization.327.6Gwatiwa Tshepo1077979MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910522926803321The African Union and African Agency in International Politics2589477UNINA