African Realism? - International Relations Theory Africa s Wars in Postcolonial Era

African Realism? explains Africa's international conflicts of the post-colonial era through international relations theory. It looks at the relationship between Africa's domestic and international conflicts, as well as the impact of factors such as domestic legitimacy, trade, and regional economic institutions on African wars.

List of contents

List of Figures and Tables
Map of Africa
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: International Relations and Africa: A Mélange of Metaphors, a
Dearth of Theory
Chapter 2: Africa's Wars as New Wars: Dubious Dichotomies and
Flattening History
Chapter 3: Africa, Racism, and World Politics: Dualism and the Persistence
of Primitivism
Chapter 4: Socialization and the Domestic Sources of Africa's International
Wars
Chapter 5: Africa's International Wars: Inverted Legitimacy and
Neopatrimonial Balancing
Chapter 6: Disturbing the Peace: Africa's International Wars and the
Democratic Peace
Chapter 7: Liberal Trade Theory, Regional Institutionalism, and Africa's
International Wars
Conclusion: Towards African Realism?
References
Index

About the author

Errol A. Henderson is associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Pennsylvania State University.

Summary

African Realism? explains Africa's international conflicts of the post-colonial era through international relations theory. It looks at the relationship between Africa's domestic and international conflicts, as well as the impact of factors such as domestic legitimacy, trade, and regional economic institutions on African wars.

Product details

• Authors: Errol A Henderson, Errol A. Henderson, Errol Anthony Henderson
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9781538104972
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-0497-2
• No. of pages: 316
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Africa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, International Relations, 21st Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Political science & theory, Comparative Politics, Political science and theory