Christopher Clapham

Africa and the International System

The Politics of State Survival
Herausgeber: Biersteker, Thomas J.; Smith, Steve

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 578g
• ISBN-13: 9780521576680
• ISBN-10: 0521576687
• Artikelnr.: 21494549

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
List of acronyms and abbreviations
Part I. African States and Global Politics: 1. Fragile states and the international system
2. The creation of an African international order
3. Domestic statehood and foreign policy
Part II. Patterns of Alliance: 4. The foreign policies of post-colonialism
5. The politics of solidarity
6. The resort to the superpowers
Part III. Struggling with Decay: 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
Notes
Bibliography
Index.