Africa and International Relations in the 21st Century

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Introduction: Africa and International Relations in the 21st Century: Still Challenging Theory?....Pages 1-17
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Africa as an Agent of International Relations Knowledge....Pages 21-35
Collectivist Worldview: Its Challenge to International Relations....Pages 36-50
Authority, Sovereignty and Africa’s Changing Regimes of Territorialization....Pages 51-65
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Bringing Identity into International Relations: Reflections on Nationalism, Nativism and Xenophobia in Africa....Pages 69-86
Towards New Approaches to Statehood and Governance-Building in Africa: The Somali Crisis Reconsidered....Pages 87-104
Diasporas and African Development: The Struggle for Sustainable Peace and Development in Sierra Leone....Pages 105-120
The Transformation of Sovereign Territoriality: A Case Study of South African Immigration Control....Pages 121-143
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
Transnationalism, Africa’s ‘Resource Curse’ and ‘Contested Sovereignties’: The Struggle for Nigeria’s Niger Delta....Pages 147-161
Security Privatization and the New Contours of Africa’s Security Governance....Pages 162-176
Engendering (In)Security and Conflict in African International Relations....Pages 177-193
Conclusion: What Futures for African International Relations?....Pages 194-209
Back Matter....Pages 210-248