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Beyond History

African Agency in Development, Diplomacy, and Conflict Resolution

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

AvElijah Nyaga Munyi,David Mwambari,Aleksi Ylönen

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Moving beyond a self-indulgent attitude about Africa’s historical victimhood, the book seeks to capture how African states individually and Africa’s collective institutions (the AU) are providing agency in Africa’s international relations. While African states have been trailblazers in such ideas as ‘The Responsibility to Protect’, as conceived in the African Union Constitutive Act (2001) which preceded the United Nations (UN) Secretary General’s report “In Larger Freedom” (2005) in which the UN adopted the concept, African agency in international relations has not always been captured proactively. This volume seeks to document Africa (and African states) in a state of proactivity as opposed to a reactionary mode of international relations which has long been the case due to the discipline’s heavy concentration on the West. The main themes explored are: African agency in international relations and commerce, agency in Africa’s balancing of big and regional powers, reshaping Africa-EU relations beyond the Cotonou Agreements, Africa and international human rights institutions, African efforts in elections and conflicts in Africa and relationship building among African leaders.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-08-31
Mått162 x 233 x 25 mm
Vikt567 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieAfrica: Past, Present & Prospects
Antal sidor256
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781786612700

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David Mwambar is a lecturer in african security and leadership studies at the African Leadership Centre at King’s College London (UK). He is a Meaning-making Research Initiative (MRI) fellow at The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA). Elijah Nyaga Munyi is an assistant professor of international relations at the United States International University and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Science Po University, France.Aleksi Ylönen is an associate professor of international relations at the United States International University, Africa.

Part I – State Agency1. Conceptualizing Agency and Influence in African International RelationsElijah N. Munyi, David Mwambari, and Aleksi Ylönen2. Appropriating African Agency in International RelationsFunmi Olonisakin and Moses Tofa3. Confronting an Imperialist Court: The Quagmire of African Agency in Dealing with the International Criminal CourtTorque Mude4. Growing Actorness and Clientilist Success in African Summit DiplomacyElijah N. Munyi5. Engaging Arab Powers: The Changing Regional Political Environment and Regime Agency in the Coastal Horn of AfricaAleksi Ylönen6. Fledgling Agency: African Union (AU) Interventions in Election-related Violence in Côte d’IvoireTinashe Sithole and Timi Legend Asuelime 7. Hurting Stalemate in International Interventions: An Analysis of the African Agency in the IGAD-Led Engagements in the South Sudan Crisis, 2013-2017Muema Wambua8. Emergence of Post-Genocide Collective Memory in Rwanda’s International RelationsDavid Mwambari 9. Africa

Beyond History deepens the contemporary discourse on African agency through presenting a collection of 13 chapters on state and non-state manifestations of it. ... The collection draws on a roster of esteemed scholars—heavyweights in their respective fields ... This edited volume unravels African agency from the theoretical to the practical, through a multitude of case-studies. This will allow a broader audience to engage with an important—but often abstract—theme and identify how the concept intersects with their own research. I would recommend all scholars, students, researchers, policy-makers and practitioners studying or working to advance African priorities from within the continent and beyond to read the book, examine the sector-relevant examples or peruse the ones that provoke curiosity.