Readings in the International Relations of Africa

Tom Young teaches politics and international relations at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

This volume offers a very important set of readings that examine concepts ranging from statehood, sovereignty, and cooperation in the context of Africa's colonial past as well as its current affairs.(H-Diplo) This book is a significant contribution to the literature on the international relations of Africa. It is a must-read for those interested in Africa and its relations with the Western and non-Western powers, the so-called Great Powers.(Leeds African Studies Bulletin)

• Acknowledgments and Note on Original SourcesIntroduction Tom YoungPart I. Sovereignty and Statehood Introduction 1. Independence by Right Robert H. Jackson 2. Regimes of Sovereignty: International Morality and the African Condition Siba N. Grovogui 3. The Rise of the State System in Africa Carolyn M. Warner Part II. Africa and the International Order Introduction 4. Policy Autonomy and the History of British Aid to Africa Postscript, March 2014 Tony Killick5. 'Development is Very Political in Tanzania': Oxfam and the Chunya Integrated Development Programme 1972–76 Michael Jennings 6. Evolution of the United Nations Anti-Apartheid Regime Newell M. Stultz7. What Next? Selective Genocide in Burundi Rene Lemarchand Part III. New States and the Continental Order Introduction8. The Scramble for Africa: Inherited Political Boundaries Ieuan Griffiths9. The OAU Interventions in Chad: Mission Impossible or Mission Evaded? Roy May and Simon MasseyPart IV. Africa and the Great Powers Introduction 10. French African Policy in Historical Perspective Tony Chafer11. Propaganda and Politics John Stockwell12. "Flee! The White Giants are Coming!" The United States, the Mercenaries and the Congo 1964–65 Piero Gleijeses13. The Prospects of Socialism: Ethiopia and the Horn Odd Arne WestadPart V. Conflict, War and Intervention Introduction 14. Rebel Movements and Proxy Warfare: Uganda, Sudan and the Congo (1986–99) Gérard Prunier15. The United Nations in Africa: The Rise of Peacekeeping and the Case of Somalia Richard K. Al-Qaq16. The Liberal Peace Is Neither: Peacebuilding, State Building and the Reproduction of Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo Stein Sundstøl Eriksen Part VI. Globalization and a New World Order? Introduction 17. 'A Project to be Realized:' Global Liberalism and Contemporary Africa Tom Young18. Values, Context and Hybridity: How Can the Insights from the Liberal Peace Critique Literature Be Brought to Bear on the Practices of the UN Peacebuilding Architecture? Eli Stamnes19. Is the EU's Governance 'Good?': An Assessment of EU Governance in Its Partnership with ACP States Nikki Slocum-Bradley and Andrew Bradley20. Female Circumcision as Female Genital Mutilation: Human Rights or Cultural Imperialism?Abdulmumini A. Oba21. Politics, Anti-Politics, International Justice: Language and Power in the Special Court for Sierra Leone Tim KelsallPart VII. African Renaissance? The African Union & NEPAD Introduction22. Explaining the Clash and Accommodation of Interests of Major Actors in the Creation of the African Union Thomas Kwasi Tieku23. "Partnership" through Accommodation? African Development Initiatives and Universal Policy Prescriptions Ian Taylor24. The Power of Partnerships in Global Governance Rita AbrahamsenPart VIII. The Return of GeopoliticsIntroduction25. China, India, Russia and the United States: The Scramble for African Oil and the Militarization of the Continent Daniel Volman26. Towards a Critical Geopolitics of China's Engagement with African Development Marcus Power and Giles Mohan27. A New Phase in the War on Terror: The Implications of Proxy Intelligence and Western Complicity with State Terrorist Agencies Jeremy KeenanList of Original SourcesList of ContributorsIndex