Africa in World Politics: Constructing Political and Economic Order Paperback - 2017

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Praise for Previous Editions
Africa in World Politics provides essays from top scholars in the genre who consider the effects African issues and world politics have had upon each otherVery highly recommended. Midwest Book Review
Africa in World Politics is the best primer available for understanding Africa s relationship with the wider world. Some of the most prominent Africanist scholars highlight the main contemporary issues facing the continent today. It presents material in digestible chapters that are accessible to both students and policy makers alike. Christopher Day, College of Charleston
Harbeson and Rothchild s Africa in World Politics provides an excellent introduction to understanding the ways African states relate to each other and to the rest of the world. The individual chapters are written by the top scholars in their respective issue areas. They provide important insights while remaining accessible even to those with no background in African politics. Michael Byron Nelson, Wesleyan University
The sixth edition of Africa in World Politics focuses on challenges African states face in constructing viable political economies in contexts both of familiar domestic challenges and an unprecedented mix of engagements, opportunities, and threats emanating from a turbulent and rapidly changing international order. This text, including new chapters on Nigeria and the influence of party politics on economic development, remains an invaluable resource for students of African politics seeking to navigate the continent s complex political and economic landscapes. Revised chapters consider both the extent and the limits of continued healthy growth rates in many countries; the impacts of investments by China and other BRICS countries; plateaus and some reversals in progress on human rights and democratization; dimensions of chronic state weakness deepened by insurgencies, including some that are connected to Al Qaeda and the Islamic State; and peacebuilding efforts struggling to uphold responsible sovereignty in the Sudans, the Great Lakes region, and elsewhere.
John W. Harbeson is professor emeritus of political science in the Graduate School and at City College of the City University of New York and a professorial lecturer at Johns Hopkins University, SAIS and the Elliot School of International Affairs of George Washington University.
The late Donald Rothchild was professor of political science at the University of California at Davis."