Africa in world politics : the African State system in flux
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Africa in world politics : the African State system in flux
Westview, 2000
3rd ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Africa in World Politics addresses the effects of major currents in Africa and global politics upon each other and the ramifications of these interrelationships for contemporary theories of international and comparative politics. This third edition focuses on the changing state system in sub-Saharan Africa. The nation-state as we know it is a legacy of European rule in Africa, and the primacy of the nation-state remains a bedrock of most contemporary theories of international relations. Yet in the fourth decade of Africas independence, this colonial inheritance is being challenged as never before with potentially far-reaching implications for Africa, and for world politics as a whole. The authors examine a variety of changing state systems on the continent, ranging from the rapidly failing Western-style states (Rwanda, the Sudan, and others), to new states emerging from old ones (Eritrea from Ethiopia), to states becoming radically decentralized (Ethiopia, Uganda).
Table of Contents
Part 1: Introduction The African State and State System in Flux (Donald Rothchild and John W. Harbeson) * Part 2: Historical Parameters The Heritage of Colonialism (Crawford Young) Africa and the World Political Economy: More Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Thomas M. Callaghy) Europe in Africas Renewal: Beyond Postcolonialism? (Gilbert M. Khadiagala) Africa and Other Civilizations: Conquest and Counter-Conquest (Ali A. Mazrui) * Part 3: Conflict Management and the African State Inter-African Negotiations and State Renewal (I. William Zartman) The Impact of U.S. Disengagement on African Intrastate Conflict Resolution (Donald Rothchild) From ECOMOG to ECOMOG II: Intervention in Sierra Leone (Robert Mortimer) Africa in World Affairs (Carol Lancaster) Externally Assisted Democratization: Theoretical Issues and African Realities (John W. Harbeson) * Part 4: Globalization and a Changing State System Africa and the World Economy: Continued Marginalization or Re-engagement? (Nicolas van de Walle) Africas Weak States, Nonstate Actors, and the Privatization of Interstate Relations (William Reno) Western and African Peacekeepers: Motives and Opportunities (Jeffrey Herbst) The Crisis in the Great Lakes (Ren Lemarchand) Reconciling Sovereignty with Responsibility: A Basis for International Humanitarian Action (Francis M. Deng)
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