Africa and international relations in the 21st century

Africa and international relations in the 21st century

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By exploring the many unchartered dimensions of Africa's international relations, the authors present fresh insights on aspects such as power, identity, statehood and sovereignty in the world system. SCARLETT CORNELISSEN Professor in the Department of Political Science at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. FANTU CHERU Emeritus Professor of African and Development Studies at American University in Washington, DC, USA, and Research Director at the Nordic Africa Institute in Uppsala, Sweden. TIMOTHY M.SHAW Director of and Professor at the Institute of International Relations atthe University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. INDICE: Introduction: Africa and International Relations in the 21st Century: Still Challenging Theory?; 'S.Cornelissen, F.Cheru' &' T.M.Shaw - 'PART I:RECONCEPTUALIZING AUTHORITY AND SOVEREIGNTY - Africa as an Agent of International Relations Knowledge; 'K.Smith - 'Collectivist Worldview: Its Challenge toInternational Relations; 'T.K.Tieku - 'Authority, Sovereignty and Africa's Changing Regimes of Territorialization; 'U.Engel' &' G.R.Olson - 'PART II: INNOVATIONS FROM BELOW: TERRITORY AND IDENTITY - Bringing Identity into International Relations: Reflections on Nationalism, Nativism and Xenophobia in Africa; 'S.J.Ndlovu-Gatsheni - 'Towards New Approaches to Statehood and Governance-Building in Africa: The Somali Crisis Reconsidered; 'L.W.Moe - 'Diasporas and African Development: The Struggle for Sustainable Peace and Development in Sierra Leone; 'A.Zack-Williams - 'The Transformation of Sovereign Territoriality: A Case Study of South African Immigration Control; 'D.Vigneswaran' &' L.B.Landau - 'PART III: INSECURITIES - Transnationalism, Africa's 'Resource Curse' and Contested Sovereignties: The Struggle for Nigeria's Niger Delta; 'C.I.Obi - 'Security Privatization and the New Contours of Africa's Security Governance; 'R.Abrahamsen - 'Engendering (In)Security and Conflict in African International Relations; 'J.L.Parpart' &' L.Thompson - 'Conclusion: What Futures for African International Relations?; 'T.M.Shaw, F.Cheru' &' S.Cornelissen'

  • ISBN: 978-0-230-23528-1
  • Editorial: Palgrave MacM
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 272
  • Fecha Publicación: 21/10/2011
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés