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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- 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. --
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 340 pages)
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780521572071
- Label
- 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
- 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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- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Clapham, Christopher S
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
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- Cambridge studies in international relations
- Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks
- Series volume
- 50
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Self-determination, National
- Sovereignty
- Africa
- Label
- Africa and the international system : the politics of state survival, Christopher Clapham, (electronic resource)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- 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
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- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)726827272
- Label
- Africa and the international system : the politics of state survival, Christopher Clapham, (electronic resource)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- 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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