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Britain and Africa under Blair [[electronic resource] ] : in pursuit of the good state / / Julia Gallagher



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Autore: Gallagher Julia Visualizza persona
Titolo: Britain and Africa under Blair [[electronic resource] ] : in pursuit of the good state / / Julia Gallagher Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press
New York, : distributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (177 p.)
Disciplina: 327.4106
Soggetto topico: Economic assistance, British - Africa - History
Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Foreign relations Africa
Africa Foreign relations Great Britain
Great Britain Foreign relations 1997-
Great Britain Politics and government 1997-2007
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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 publ
Titolo autorizzato: Britain and Africa under Blair  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-78170-225-X
1-84779-422-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910465218603321
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