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Africa and the International System: The Politics of State Survival (Cambridge Studies in International Relations, Series Number 50)

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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.
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  1. ISBN-10
    0521576687
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0521576680
  3. Publisher
    Cambridge University Press
  4. Publication date
    September 13, 1996
  5. Language
    English
  6. Dimensions
    6 x 0.89 x 9 inches
  7. Print length
    356 pages
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"This important book proposes a major overhaul of the conventional framework for analyzing international relations in Africa." Gail M. Gerhart, Foreign Affairs

"...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

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The author examines how awkward, how ambiguous, how unsatisfactory, and often how tragic the encounter has been between African and Western conceptions of statehood.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press (September 13, 1996)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 356 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0521576687
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0521576680
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.15 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.89 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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  • Annelise Ariail
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    Good book, very informative, cried thrice, but shrek the musical was better
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    For anyone who wants a coherent understanding of where Africa fits into the world order, this book is a must read. It falls a bit short on Africa's history, which is a lot richer than western students get in their world history classes - classes that tend to leave Africa out or give it a quick brush - but it does a good job of showing how the West (Europe and the US) have whitewashed history and looked the other way as people the Europeans did not prepare for representative governing wrecked the countries that were European creations in the first place. This book won't tell you everything, but it's a very good start on a journey of rediscovery of true world history.
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