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Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | The United States Congress and Africanist scholars |
Authors: | Wiley, David S. Bratton, Michael Heinisch, Reinhard |
Year: | 1990 |
Periodical: | Issue |
Volume: | 19 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 4-13 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Africa United States |
Subjects: | African studies foreign policy |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/1166333 |
Abstract: | This is part two of a two-part series (part one was published in the previous 'Issue') that relates the opinions and the activities of the Africanist community outside the US government (mainly academics) to the thrust and substance of Africa policy and the process of policymaking inside the US government. The first article suggests new activities and channels to improve the linkages between the academic community and the American Congress. The second article presents the results of a survey which aimed at exploring, amongst others, the extent to which Africanists are involved in policy affairs, and what they think about the content of US policy on Africa. To conduct this inquiry, a questionnaire was used, which is presented as an appendix. Conclusions and reflections on the project are presented in the last article. It is concluded that there is a remarkable consistency in the perceptions held by policymakers and academics about the current state of their mutual relations and about broad trends in the United States' attention to Africa. There is almost complete uniformity in the views of academic Africanists and government officials dealing with Africa that the government's policy concern about Africa is low and drifting lower. In conclusion, an agenda of action for the scholarly and policymaking communities concerned with Africa is presented. App., notes. |