Buch, Englisch, 1824 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 3356 g
Buch, Englisch, 1824 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 3356 g
Reihe: Critical Concepts in Political Science
ISBN: 978-1-138-90165-0
Verlag: Routledge
Scholars and students of African politics address some of the thorniest issues of our time. Indeed, over the last thirty years or so, the subdiscipline has expanded in scope and ambition, and leads the way in major fields of research, such as the study of ethnicity and identity politics.
Now, this timely new collection from Routledge, edited by Nic Cheeseman (the former Director of the African Studies Centre at Oxford University), brings together the classic and essential texts of African politics, creating a top-quality and easily accessible resource for students, researchers, and policymakers alike. The four volumes that make up the collection are structured around the biggest questions that have dominated African Studies:
- What was the legacy of colonial rule, and has Africa broken free of its international dependency?
- How are ethnic identities formed, and what impact have they had?
- Why is Africa so poor? What are the main barriers to development?
- Is democracy feasible in Africa, and, if so, how can it be designed to promote political stability?
Each volume is introduced by a comprehensive summary chapter, newly written by the editor, which both provides a valuable overview of the key trends in the literature and explains what we know, what we don’t know, and what controversies remain.
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VOLUME I AFRICA AND THE WORLD: SOVEREIGNTY, DEPENDENCY AND EXTRAVERSION Chronological table of reprinted articles and chapters, An introduction to African politics and Volume I PART 1 Colonial rule and its legacy 1 The slave trade and the origins of mistrust in Africa 2 Beyond settler and native as political identities: overcoming the political legacy of colonialism 3 British colonial legacies and political development PART 2 Sovereignty, dependency and extraversion 4 The political economy of IMF lending in Africa 5 Africa in the world: a history of extraversion 6 Extraversion, vulnerability to donors, and political liberalization in Africa PART 3 Aid and the governance agenda 7 Foreign aid, institutions, and governance in sub-Saharan Africa 8 The power of partnerships in global governance 9 Conditioning the effects of aid: Cold War politics, donor credibility, and democracy in Africa PART 4 The African Diaspora and the rise of remittances 10 Globalisation from below: conceptualising the role of the African Diasporas in Africa’s development 11 Transnational resource fl ow and the paradoxes of belonging: redirecting the debate on transnationalism, remittances, state and citizenship in Africa 12 African diasporas: toward a global history PART 5 Pan Africanism, the African Union and regional integration 13 Explaining the clash and accommodation of interests of major actors in the creation of the African Union 14 Globalization and regionalization in Africa: reactions to attempts at neo-liberal regionalism PART 6 The rise of China and a ‘multi-polar’ world 15 Competing hegemons? Chinese versus American geo-economic strategies in Africa 16 The past in the present: historical and rhetorical lineages in China’s relations with Africa VOLUME II THE AFRICAN STATE: THE STRUGGLE TO CONTROL PEOPLE AND SPACE Introduction to Volume II PART 1 The post-colonial state and its limitations 17 The end of the post-colonial state in Africa? Reflections on changing African political dynami
