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Africa in a changing global order : marginal but meaningful? /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brosig, Malte
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
Subjects:
Africa > Foreign relations.
Africa > Politics and government.
Africa > Economic policy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • 1 The Global Order Debate and Africa
  • Mapping the Global Order Debate
  • Defining World Order
  • The Changing Global Order: Recent Trends
  • Living in a De-centralised Global Order
  • Africa in a Densely Inter-connected World
  • References
  • 2 Conceptualising Marginality: Africa's Place in the Global Order
  • Thinking About Marginality in Global Order
  • Subaltern Realism and Marginality in Global Order
  • Conceptualising Options for Subaltern Actors
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 3 The African Security Regime Complex: Innovation in a Decentred Global Order
  • Regime Complexity
  • African Security in World Affairs: Foreign Military in Africa
  • The African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA)
  • Practicing Regime Complexity
  • Innovating Global Order
  • Expert Interview: Gilbert Khadiagala
  • References
  • 4 International Criminal Justice as Normative Order: Africa and the ICC
  • How the Court Operates
  • The African Union's Challenge to the ICC
  • The Cases of Sudan and Kenya: Peace vs Justice
  • Diplomatic Immunity and Impunity
  • Imperial Justice
  • Africa, Geopolitics and the ICC
  • Concluding Observations: Shaping Normative Orders Africa's Non-marginal Role
  • Expert Interview: Navi Pillay
  • References
  • 5 Economics
  • Africa's Position in the Global Economic Order
  • Shaping the Global Economic Architecture
  • African Agency in Trade Talks
  • Western Africa
  • Southern Africa
  • Concluding Observations: Evaluating African Positions in Trade Talks
  • Expert Interview: Carlos Lopes
  • References
  • 6 COVID-19 and Global Order
  • The Pandemic Order
  • Africa and COVID-19
  • Pandemic Geopolitics: Accelerating Tensions
  • Vaccination and Global Order
  • Conclusion
  • Expert Interview: Richard Mihigo
  • References
  • 7 Conclusion: Marginal but Meaningful-Analysing Africa's Role in Global Order
  • Africa Operating in the Global Order
  • References
  • Index