Africa in World Politics: Changing Perspectives

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Introduction: Africa in World Politics — Changing Perspectives....Pages 1-11
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Security Redefined: Unconventional Conflict in Africa....Pages 17-34
Africa and the International Economic System: Dependency or Self-reliance?....Pages 35-50
Brandt, Lomé and Africa’s Economies: The Limitations of Systemic Elixirs....Pages 51-64
Front Matter....Pages 65-65
The Organisation of African Unity as an Instrument of Africa’s Foreign Policy....Pages 67-73
The Commonwealth and Africa....Pages 74-82
Two Summits: Vittel and New Delhi - Francophonie in the Shadow of Anglophonie....Pages 83-91
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
Women and Politics in Africa: Old Failures and New Directions....Pages 95-109
Social Change and Political Instability: The Search for an African Philosophy....Pages 110-119
Zimbabwe: Towards Socialism and Non-alignment....Pages 120-125
Front Matter....Pages 127-127
Post-colonial Africa: A Diplomatic Malaise....Pages 129-139
Chad: Nation-building, Security and OAU Peacekeeping ....Pages 140-154
The War in the Western Sahara: Unity and Dissension in the Maghreb....Pages 155-180
The Return of Israel to Africa: Israel-Africa Relations in the 1980s....Pages 181-193
South Africa: Developments in National and Regional(In)Security....Pages 194-206
Back Matter....Pages 207-214