Errol A. Henderson

African Realism? (eBook, ePUB)

International Relations Theory and Africa's Wars in the Postcolonial Era

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

African Realism explains Africa's international conflicts of the post-colonial era through international relations theory. It looks at the relationship between Africa's domestic and international conflicts, as well as the impact of factors such as domestic legitimacy, trade, and regional economic institutions on African wars. Further, it examines the relevance of traditional realist assumptions (e.g. balance of power, the security dilemma) to African international wars and how these factors are modified by the exigencies of Africa's domestic institutions, such as neopatrimonialism and inverted legitimacy. This study also addresses the inconsistencies and inaccuracies of international relations theory as it engages African international relations, and especially, its military history

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781442239517
• Artikelnr.: 44832611

Autorenporträt

Errol A. Henderson is associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Pennsylvania State University.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures and Tables
Map of Africa
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: International Relations and Africa: A Mélange of Metaphors, a
Dearth of Theory
Chapter 2: Africa's Wars as New Wars: Dubious Dichotomies and
Flattening History
Chapter 3: Africa, Racism, and World Politics: Dualism and the Persistence
of Primitivism
Chapter 4: Socialization and the Domestic Sources of Africa's International
Wars
Chapter 5: Africa's International Wars: Inverted Legitimacy and
Neopatrimonial Balancing
Chapter 6: Disturbing the Peace: Africa's International Wars and the
Democratic Peace
Chapter 7: Liberal Trade Theory, Regional Institutionalism, and Africa's
International Wars
Conclusion: Towards African Realism?
References
Index