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The Resource Africa and the international system : the politics of state survival, Christopher Clapham, (electronic resource)

Africa and the international system : the politics of state survival, Christopher Clapham, (electronic resource)

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African independence launched into international politics a group of the world's poorest, weakest, and most artificial states. How have such states managed to survive? To what extent is their survival now threatened? Christopher Clapham shows how an initially supportive international environment has - as a result partly of political and economic mismanagement within African states themselves, partly of global developments over which they had no control - become increasingly threatening to African rulers and the states over which they preside. The author also reveals how international conventions designed to uphold state sovereignty have often been appropriated and subverted by rulers to enhance their domestic control, and how African states have been undermined by guerrilla insurgencies and the use of international relations to serve essentially private ends. He shows how awkward, how ambiguous, how unsatisfactory, and often how tragic, has been the encounter between Africa and Western conceptions of statehood. --
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (xii, 340 pages)
Contents
  • 1. Fragile states and the international system
  • 2. The creation of an African international order
  • 3. Domestic statehood and foreign policy
  • 4. The Foreign Policies of Post-Colonialism
  • 5. The politics of solidarity
  • 6. The resort to the superpowers
  • 7. The international politics of economic failure
  • 8. The Externalisation of political accountability
  • 9. The International politics of insurgency
  • 10. The privatisation of diplomacy
  • 11. Conclusion
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9780521572071
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Africa and the international system : the politics of state survival
Title
Africa and the international system
Title remainder
the politics of state survival
Statement of responsibility
Christopher Clapham
Title variation
Africa & the International System
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Subject
Language
eng
Summary
African independence launched into international politics a group of the world's poorest, weakest, and most artificial states. How have such states managed to survive? To what extent is their survival now threatened? Christopher Clapham shows how an initially supportive international environment has - as a result partly of political and economic mismanagement within African states themselves, partly of global developments over which they had no control - become increasingly threatening to African rulers and the states over which they preside. The author also reveals how international conventions designed to uphold state sovereignty have often been appropriated and subverted by rulers to enhance their domestic control, and how African states have been undermined by guerrilla insurgencies and the use of international relations to serve essentially private ends. He shows how awkward, how ambiguous, how unsatisfactory, and often how tragic, has been the encounter between Africa and Western conceptions of statehood. --
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Clapham, Christopher S
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index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Series statement
  • Cambridge studies in international relations
  • Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks
Series volume
50
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  • Self-determination, National
  • Sovereignty
  • Africa
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Africa and the international system : the politics of state survival, Christopher Clapham, (electronic resource)
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http://ezproxy.eui.eu/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511549823
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online resource
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Contents
1. Fragile states and the international system -- 2. The creation of an African international order -- 3. Domestic statehood and foreign policy -- 4. The Foreign Policies of Post-Colonialism -- 5. The politics of solidarity -- 6. The resort to the superpowers -- 7. The international politics of economic failure -- 8. The Externalisation of political accountability -- 9. The International politics of insurgency -- 10. The privatisation of diplomacy -- 11. Conclusion
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CR9780511549823
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xii, 340 pages)
Form of item
online
Governing access note
Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
Isbn
9780521572071
Media category
computer
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rdamedia
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c
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digital, PDF file(s).
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remote
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(OCoLC)726827272
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Africa and the international system : the politics of state survival, Christopher Clapham, (electronic resource)
Link
http://ezproxy.eui.eu/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511549823
Publication
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
1. Fragile states and the international system -- 2. The creation of an African international order -- 3. Domestic statehood and foreign policy -- 4. The Foreign Policies of Post-Colonialism -- 5. The politics of solidarity -- 6. The resort to the superpowers -- 7. The international politics of economic failure -- 8. The Externalisation of political accountability -- 9. The International politics of insurgency -- 10. The privatisation of diplomacy -- 11. Conclusion
Control code
CR9780511549823
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xii, 340 pages)
Form of item
online
Governing access note
Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
Isbn
9780521572071
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
c
Other physical details
digital, PDF file(s).
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)726827272

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