LEADER 03284nam 2200769 a 450 001 9910828901803321 005 20230725021446.0 010 $a1-78170-225-X 010 $a1-84779-422-X 024 7 $a10.7765/9781847794222 035 $a(CKB)2560000000085861 035 $a(EBL)1069734 035 $a(OCoLC)818847550 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000712730 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12280892 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712730 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10645276 035 $a(PQKB)11587293 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000085755 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1069734 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1069734 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10627258 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL843750 035 $a(DE-B1597)659756 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781847794222 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000085861 100 $a20111017d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBritain and Africa under Blair$b[electronic resource] $ein pursuit of the good state /$fJulia Gallagher 210 $aManchester ;$aNew York $cManchester University Press ;$aNew York $cdistributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (177 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7190-9117-9 311 $a0-7190-8500-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. 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. 330 $aAfrica 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 publ 606 $aEconomic assistance, British$zAfrica$xHistory 607 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zAfrica 607 $aAfrica$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain 607 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$y1997- 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1997-2007 610 $aAfrica. 610 $aBritain. 610 $aNew Labour. 610 $aSierra Leone. 610 $aTony Blair. 610 $adebt relief. 610 $aforeign policy. 610 $ainternational relations. 610 $amilitary intervention. 610 $apolitical communities. 615 0$aEconomic assistance, British$xHistory. 676 $a327.4106 686 $aML 5400$2rvk 700 $aGallagher$b Julia$01624650 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828901803321 996 $aBritain and Africa under Blair$93959760 997 $aUNINA