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Title: | The New International Order: State, Society and African International Relations |
Author: | Reed, William Cyrus |
Year: | 1995 |
Periodical: | Africa Insight |
Volume: | 25 |
Issue: | 3 |
Pages: | 140-148 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Africa |
Subjects: | foreign policy sovereignty nation Inter-African Relations international relations Politics and Government |
Abstract: | The economic and political conditionalities which have been imposed upon Africa during the 1980s and 1990s have retrenched the international role of the State, and entrenched the role of international actors in civil society. This article argues that international actors based in civil society play a critical, and largely unexamined role in African international relations. The article begins with an analysis of the concept of Statehood, which is deeply rooted in the concept of sovereignty. It proceeds with an examination of the conditions of sovereignty in the African context and the impact these have upon African international relations. It is argued that conditions of sovereignty in Africa need an adjustment of the tools for analysing African international relations. This must be done by moving beyond the sovereign State and incorporating society into the analysis of African international relations. The article concludes by examining the implications of this discussion for new directions in research on African international relations. Notes, ref. |