Beyond History

African Agency in Development, Diplomacy, and Conflict Resolution

Elijah Nyaga Munyi, David Mwambari, Aleksi Ylönen (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2020
Rowman & Littlefield International (Verlag)
9781786612700 (ISBN)

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The book reflects a productive (knowledge) agency as it’s authored by scholars based in Africa

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.

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 Agency
1. Conceptualizing Agency and Influence in African International Relations
Elijah N. Munyi, David Mwambari, and Aleksi Ylönen
2. Appropriating African Agency in International Relations
Funmi Olonisakin and Moses Tofa
3. Confronting an Imperialist Court: The Quagmire of African Agency in Dealing with the International Criminal Court
Torque Mude
4. Growing Actorness and Clientilist Success in African Summit Diplomacy
Elijah N. Munyi
5. Engaging Arab Powers: The Changing Regional Political Environment and Regime Agency in the Coastal Horn of Africa
Aleksi Ylönen
6. Fledgling Agency: African Union (AU) Interventions in Election-related Violence in Côte d’Ivoire
Tinashe 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, 2013-2017
Muema Wambua
8. Emergence of Post-Genocide Collective Memory in Rwanda’s International Relations
David Mwambari
9. Africa

Erscheinungsdatum	10.05.2021
Reihe/Serie	Africa: Past, Present & Prospects
Zusatzinfo	2 tables;
Sprache	englisch
Maße	162 x 233 mm
Gewicht	567 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
ISBN-13	9781786612700 / 9781786612700
Zustand	Neuware