JOHN F. CLARK Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, Florida International UniversitySIBA N,. GROVOGUI Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, John Hopkins UniversityJAMES JUDE HENTZ Assistant Professor of International Studies, Virginia Military InstituteSANDRA J. MACLEAN Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics and Development, Dalhousie UniversitySAKAH MAHMUD Associate Professor of Political Science, Transylvania University, LexingtonASSIS MALAQUAIS Assistant Professor of Government, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NYTANDEKA NKIWANE PhD Candidate, John Hopkins University's School of Advanced International StudiesRANDOLPH B. PERSAUD Assistant Professor, American University, Washington, DCLARRY SWATUK Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of BotswanaJANIS VAN DER WESTHUIZEN Department of Political Science, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

'...a valuable contribution to current debates on the rapidly changing world order.' - Foreign Affairs 'This books ideal for those seeking an explanation for Africa's unique position in the world, and for IR theorists wishing to find an enlightened reconsideration of the conventions in their field.' - African Studies Quarterly

• Acknowledgements Foreword; C.N.Murphy List of Acronyms Notes on the Contributors Introduction: Africa and IR Theory; K.C.Dunn PART I: TROUBLING CONCEPTS Reformulating International Relations Theory: African Insights and Challenges; A.Malquias Sovereignty in Africa: Quasi-Statehood and Other Myths in International Theory; S.N.Grovogui MadLib #32: The ( blank ) African State: Rethinking the Sovereign State in IR Theory; K.C.Dunn Marketing the 'Rainbow Nation': The Power of the South African Music, Film and Sport Industry; J.Westhuizen PART II: THEORETICAL INTERVENTIONS Realism, Neo-Realism and Africa's International Relations in the Post-Cold War Era; J.F.Clark The End of History? African Challenges to Liberalism in International Relations; T.Nkiwane Re-Envisioning Sovereignty: Marcus Garvey and the Making of a Transnational Identity; R.B.Persaud Controlling African States' Behaviour: IR Theory and International Sanctions Against Libya and Nigeria; S.Mahmud Challenging Westphalia: Issues of Sovereignty and Identity in Southern Africa; S.J.MacLean The Brothers Grim: Modernity and 'International' Relations in Southern Africa; L.Swatuk PART III: IMPLICATIONS AND POLICY RAMIFICATIONS Reconceptualizing United States' Foreign Policy: Regionalism, Economic Development and Instability in Southern Africa; J.J.Hentz African Foreign Policy in the New Millennium: From Coming Anarchies to Security Communities? From New Regionalism to New Realism?; T.M.Shaw Bibliography Index