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Critical Perspectives on African Politics - Liberal interventions, state-building and civil society (Hardcover)
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Critical Perspectives on African Politics - Liberal interventions, state-building and civil society (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in African Politics and International Relations
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Strong states and strong civil societies are now increasingly
hailed as the twin drivers of a 'rising Africa'. Current attempts
to support growth and democracy are part of a longer history of
promoting projects of disciplinary, regulatory and liberal rule and
values beyond 'the West'. Yet this is not simply Western domination
of a passive continent. Such an interpretation misses out on the
complexities and nuances of the politics of state-building and
civil society promotion, and the central role of African agency.
Drawing upon critical theory, including postcolonial and
governmentality approaches, this book interrogates international
practices of state-building and civil society support in Africa. It
seeks to develop a theoretically informed critical approach to
discourses and interventions such as those associated with broadly
'Western' initiatives in Africa. In doing so, the book highlights
the power relations, inequalities, coercion and violence that are
deeply implicated within contemporary international interventions
on the African continent. Providing a range of empirical cases and
theoretical approaches, the chapters are united by their critical
treatment of political dynamics in Africa. This book will be of
interest to students and scholars of African politics, development
studies, postcolonial theory, International Relations,
international political economy and peacekeeping/making.
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