Africa’s Challenge to International Relations Theory

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Acknowledgements Foreword C.N.Murphy List of Acronyms Notes on the Contributors Introduction: Africa and IR Theory K.C.Dunn PART I: TROUBLING CONCEPTS Reformulating International Relations Theory: African Insights and Challenges A.Malquias Sovereignty in Africa: Quasi-Statehood and Other Myths in International Theory S.N.Grovogui MadLib #32: The ( blank ) African State: Rethinking the Sovereign State in IR Theory K.C.Dunn Marketing the 'Rainbow Nation': The Power of the South African Music, Film and Sport Industry J.Westhuizen PART II: THEORETICAL INTERVENTIONS Realism, Neo-Realism and Africa's International Relations in the Post-Cold War Era J.F.Clark The End of History? African Challenges to Liberalism in International Relations T.Nkiwane Re-Envisioning Sovereignty: Marcus Garvey and the Making of a Transnational Identity R.B.Persaud Controlling African States' Behaviour: IR Theory and International Sanctions Against Libya and Nigeria S.Mahmud Challenging Westphalia: Issues of Sovereignty and Identity in Southern Africa S.J.MacLean The Brothers Grim: Modernity and 'International' Relations in Southern Africa L.Swatuk PART III: IMPLICATIONS AND POLICY RAMIFICATIONS Reconceptualizing United States' Foreign Policy: Regionalism, Economic Development and Instability in Southern Africa J.J.Hentz African Foreign Policy in the New Millennium: From Coming Anarchies to Security Communities? From New Regionalism to New Realism? T.M.Shaw Bibliography Index