Africa's Challenge To International Relations Theory (international Political Economy Series)

where three panels were dedicated specifically to rethinking IR theory from African(ist) perspectives. The editors would like to thank the ISA and all the original participants, chairs, discussants and audience members for their assistance and insights. Particular thanks are due to Ahmed Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Introduction: Africa and International Relations Theory....Pages 1-8 Front Matter....Pages 9-9 Reformulating International Relations Theory: African Insights and Challenges....Pages 11-28 Sovereignty in Africa: Quasi-Statehood and Other Myths in International Theory....Pages 29-45 MadLib #32: The (Blank) African State: Rethinking the Sovereign State in International Relations Theory....Pages 46-63 Marketing the ‘Rainbow Nation’: The Power of the South African Music, Film and Sport Industry....Pages 64-81 Front Matter....Pages 83-83 Realism, Neo-Realism and Africa’s International Relations in the Post-Cold War Era....Pages 85-102 The End of History? African Challenges to Liberalism in International Relations....Pages 103-111 Re-envisioning Sovereignty: Marcus Garvey and the Making of a Transnational Identity....Pages 112-128 Controlling African States’ Behavior: International Relations Theory and International Sanctions Against Libya and Nigeria....Pages 129-145 Challenging Westphalia: Issues of Sovereignty and Identity in Southern Africa....Pages 146-162 The Brothers Grim: Modernity and ‘International’ Relations in Southern Africa....Pages 163-182 Front Matter....Pages 183-183 Reconceptualizing US Foreign Policy: Regionalism, Economic Development and Instability in Southern Africa....Pages 185-203 African Foreign Policy in the New Millennium: From Coming Anarchies to Security Communities? From New Regionalisms to New Realisms?....Pages 204-219 Back Matter....Pages 220-242 "Global issues have become an increasingly vital part of environmental debates. They are closely interrelated with problems at local levels. In this wide-ranging study, Robert Boardman argues that investigation of environmental issues raises complex theoretical questions, and requires more sustained links between the natural and social sciences.". "In a closely integrated account of problems in critical ecological theory, Boardman draws extensively on current research in sociology, ecology, economics, the earth sciences and other disciplines. He suggests that ideas from these can be used to expand attention to and the understanding of environmental issues in international relations and international political economy, as well as in social theory more generally.". "The discussion identifies five main theoretical bases for these tasks. These are ecology and earth-system science; constructionist approaches; environmental ethics; micro-level research, particularly perspectives based on rational expectations and on agency; and governance. Connections among these are examined in the context of debates on economics globlization and ecological transformation."--BOOK JACKET. Internationally the trade union movement is finding itself peripheralized by a series of mutually reinforcing processes - the ongoing world economic crisis; the uneven transition from an industrial to an information and service capitalism; the aggressive policies of neoliberalism; the collapse of communism and radical nationalism; the decline of the social-democratic or labour tradition - and by a globalization that undermines the nation-state to which union hopes have long been pinned. The editors argue that this crisis provides an opportunity for labour to recover or reinvent itself. They see this in terms of a labour response to the waves of energy coming from the new global social movements (women, ecology, human rights/democracy, and so on). 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. The authors examine various aspects of Japanese financial markets. This analysis is interspersed with the relevant institutional/historical background on Japanese financial markets necessary for the non-specialist. Principal chapters include: an institutional overview; a chapter on the comparative costs of capital (both internationally and among Japanese firms); causes and implications of the high degree of financial intermediation in Japan; and an invaluable analysis of the most recent trends in the Japanese/Asian financial markets "Many in South Africa have begun to cope with globalization, regionalization, a depleting ozone layer, new disease, rampant militarization, and structures of influence like race, class, and gender. In this book scholars present a wide variety of thoughts on the future of the region and the place of theory in helping us to understand the array of events characterizing the early 21st-century world."--Jacket " ... A valuable contribution to current debates on the rapidly changing world order."--Foreign Affairs 'This books ideal for those seeking an explanation for Africa's unique position in the world, and for IR theorists wishing to find an enlightened reconsideration of the conventions in their field.' - African Studies Quarterly Written in the context of contemporary theoretical debate in international political economy, this book overturns a number of myths about the political economy of trade in one of the oldest areas of industry. Yvon Grenier ; Foreword By Mitchell A. Seligson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 215-218) And Index.