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200 10$aBritain and Africa under Blair $ein pursuit of the good state /$fJulia Gallagher
205   $a1st ed.
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.
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