Africa's Challenge to International Relations Theory

by Dunn, Kevin C.; Shaw, Timothy M.

• ISBN13: 9780333918289
• ISBN10: 0333918282
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-05-04
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Africa has been noticeably absent in international relations theory. This new collection of essays by contemporary Africanists convincingly demonstrates the importance of the continent to every theoretical approach in international relations. The book breaks new ground in how we think about both international relations and Africa, re-examining such foundational concepts as sovereignty, the state, and power; critically investigating the salience of realism, neo-liberalism, liberalism in Africa, and providing new thinking about regionalism, security, and identity.

Author Biography

Kevin C. Dunn is a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, Boston University, and has taught at Tufts University, Boston College, Boston University, St. Anselm College, and Appalachian State University.

Timothy M. Shaw is Professor of Political Science and International Development Studies, Dalhousie University.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Craig N. Murphy
Acknowledgments	xi
List of Abbreviations	xii
Notes on the Contributors	xiv
Map of Africa	xvi
Introduction: Africa and International Relations Theory	1	(10)
Kevin C. Dunn
Part I Troubling Concepts
Reformulating International Relations Theory: African Insights and Challenges	11	(18)
Assis Malaquias
Sovereignty in Africa: Quasi-Statehood and Other Myths in International Theory	29	(17)
Siba N. Grovogui
MadLib #32: The (Blank) African State: Rethinking the Sovereign State in International Relations Theory	46	(18)
Kevin C. Dunn
Marketing the 'Rainbow Nation': The Power of the South African Music, Film and Sport Industry	64	(21)
Janis van der Westhuizen
Part II Theoretical Interventions
Realism, Neo-Realism and Africa's International Relations in the Post-Cold War Era	85	(18)
John F. Clark
The End of History? African Challenges to Liberalism in International Relations	103	(9)
Tandeka C. Nkiwane
Re-envisioning Sovereignty: Marcus Garvey and the Making of a Transnational Identity	112	(17)
Randolph B. Persaud
Controlling African States' Behavior: International Relations Theory and International Sanctions Against Libya and Nigeria	129	(17)
Sakah Mahmud
Challenging Westphalia: Issues of Sovereignty and Identity in Southern Africa	146	(17)
Sandra J. MacLean
The Brothers Grim: Modernity and 'International' Relations in Southern Africa	163	(22)
Larry A. Swatuk
Part III Implications and Policy Ramifications
Reconceptualizing US Foreign Policy: Regionalism, Economic Development and Instability in Southern Africa	185	(19)
James Jude Hentz
African Foreign Policy in the New Millenium: From Coming Anarchies to Security Communities? From New Regionalisms to New Realisms?	204	(16)
Timothy M. Shaw
Bibliography	220	(19)
Index	239