{"product_id":"africa-and-the-international-system-the-politics-of-state-survival-hardback-9780521572071","title":"Africa and the International System; The Politics of State Survival (Hardback) 9780521572071","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAfrica and the International System\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Politics of State Survival\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe author examines how awkward, how ambiguous, how unsatisfactory, and often how tragic the encounter has been between African and Western conceptions of statehood.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eChristopher Clapham (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521572071, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 12 September 1996\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e356 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.7 x 2.8 cm, 0.653 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAfrican 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 - as a result partly of political and economic mismanagement within African states themselves, partly of global developments over which they had no control - become increasingly threatening to African rulers and the states over which they preside. The author also 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. He shows how awkward, how ambiguous, how unsatisfactory, and often how tragic, has been the encounter between Africa and Western conceptions of statehood.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e List of acronyms and abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Part I. African States and Global Politics: 1. Fragile states and the international system\u003cbr\u003e 2. The creation of an African international order\u003cbr\u003e 3. Domestic statehood and foreign policy\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Patterns of Alliance: 4. The foreign policies of post-colonialism\u003cbr\u003e 5. The politics of solidarity\u003cbr\u003e 6. The resort to the superpowers\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Struggling with Decay: 7. The international politics of economic failure\u003cbr\u003e 8. The externalisation of political accountability\u003cbr\u003e 9. The international politics of insurgency\u003cbr\u003e 10. The privatisation of diplomacy\u003cbr\u003e 11. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: International relations [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International relations\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20relations%20%5BJPS%5D%22\"\u003eJPS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46066001969432,"sku":"9780521572071","price":70.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521572071i.jpg?v=1691408705","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/africa-and-the-international-system-the-politics-of-state-survival-hardback-9780521572071","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}