Cambridge Studies in International Relations Ser.: Africa and the International System : The Politics of State Survival by Christopher Clapham (1996, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-100521576687

ISBN-139780521576680

eBay Product ID (ePID)805599

Product Key Features

Number of Pages356 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameAfrica and the International System : the Politics of State Survival

SubjectAfrica / General, Sociology / General, International Relations / General, World / African

Publication Year1996

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, History

AuthorChristopher Clapham

SeriesCambridge Studies in International Relations Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight18.4 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width5.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN96-003882

Reviews"...Clapham's volume is solid, sweeping, and thoughtful. Strongly recommended for larger university libraries and other collections specializing in African or Third World studies, comparative politics, and international affairs." J.P. Smaldone, Choice, "This important book proposes a major overhaul of the conventional framework for analyzing international relations in Africa." Gail M. Gerhart, Foreign Affairs

Dewey Edition20

Series Volume NumberSeries Number 50

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal327/.096/09045

Table Of ContentAcknowledgements; 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.

SynopsisAfrican 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., African independence launched into international politics a group of the world's poorest, weakest, and most artificial states. Christopher Clapham shows how an initially supportive international environment has become increasingly threatening to African rulers and the states over which they preside., 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 become increasingly threatening to African rulers and the states over which they preside. The author 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., The author examines how awkward, how ambiguous, how unsatisfactory, and often how tragic the encounter has been between African and Western conceptions of statehood.

LC Classification NumberJX1582 .C55 1996