Africa in world politics

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Africa in world politics

edited by John W. Harbeson and Donald Rothchild

Westview Press, 1991

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Contains papers originally presented at the African Studies Association Meeting in San Francisco in 1989

Includes index

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African states have been on the periphery of world politics since independence, and they will likely continue to be marginalized as cold war tensions abate and economic and political ties to the industrialized world weaken. At the same time, however, international attention has been increasingly focused on issues that are vital to Africa - economic reform, human rights, environmental degradation, refugees, AIDS and democratization. This book explores Africa's changing position in international relations. It addresses the region's colonial heritage and the historical, economic and cultural factors that have shaped the continent's position in world affairs; analyzes some of the region's most intense conflicts; and examines the evolution of relations with other regions and powers.

Table of Contents

  • Africa in post-cold war international politics - changing agendas, J.W.Harbeson and D.Rothschild
  • determinants of Africa's international relations
  • the heritage of colonialism, C.Young
  • Africa and the world economy - caught between a rock and a hard place, T.M.Callaghy
  • Africa and other civilizations - conquest and counterconquest, A.A.Mazrui
  • contemporary international conflict areas in Africa
  • southern Africa - the revolution prolonged, K.W.Grundy
  • the international politics of identity in the horn of Africa, J.W.Harbeson
  • Libyan adventurism, R.Lemarchand
  • Africa and the powers
  • the United States in Africa - issues for the future, J.Herbst
  • Africa and Europe - the dilution of a "special relationship", J.Ravenhill
  • Africa and the Middle East - patterns of convergence and divergence, N.Chazan and V.T.LeVine
  • the Soviet Union and Africa, M.Ottaway
  • the management of interstate conflict in Africa
  • the Lagos three - economic regionalism in sub-saharan Africa - C.Lancaster
  • inter-African negotiations, I.W.Zartman
  • regional peacemaking in Africa - the role of the great powers as facilitators, D.Rothschild
  • great powers and south Africa - rivalry or cooperation?, V.Vasilkov.

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