Africa has been noticeably absent in international relations theory. This new collection of essays by contemporary Africanists convincingly demonstrates the importance of the continent to every theoretical approach in international relations. This collection breaks new ground in how we think about both international relations and Africa, re-examining such foundational concepts as sovereignty, the state, and power; critically investigating the salience of realism, neo-liberalism, liberalism in Africa, and providing new thinking about regionalism, security and identity.
Africa has been noticeably absent in international relations theory. This new collection of essays by contemporary Africanists convincingly demonstrat...
This collected volume draws together essays written by international relations scholars from a variety of regional, methodological and theoretical perspectives to confront the challenges of identity centered analysis. In particular, the contributors seek to elucidate the general meaning and methodological implications of the commonly stated yet largely unexamined, assertion that identities are relational, fluid, constructed and multiple.
This collected volume draws together essays written by international relations scholars from a variety of regional, methodological and theoretical per...
In this revealing new book, Boas and Dunn explore the phenomenon of "autochthony" - literally meaning "son of the soil" - in African politics. In contemporary Africa, questions concerning origin are currently among the most crucial and contested issues in political life, directly relating to the politics of place, belonging, identity and contested citizenship. Thus, land claims and autochthony disputes are the hallmark of political crises in many places on the African continent.Examining the often complex reasons behind this recent rise of autochthony across a number of high-profile case...
In this revealing new book, Boas and Dunn explore the phenomenon of "autochthony" - literally meaning "son of the soil" - in African politics. In c...
