Book contents
- Africa since Decolonization
- Africa since Decolonization
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- 1 From the Golden Age to Conquest and Colonization
- 2 Decolonization and Liberation
- 3 Decolonization’s Legacies
- 4 External Influences
- 5 Africa’s Economy, 1960–2000
- 6 Economy, Socioeconomic Development, and Development Cooperation
- 7 States, Political Systems, and Actors
- 8 Intra-African Cooperation and Integration
- 9 Political Crises
- 10 Large-Scale Conflicts
- 11 International Conflict Management
- 12 African Actors’ Role in International Politics
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Index
12 - African Actors’ Role in International Politics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 January 2021
Book contents
- Africa since Decolonization
- Africa since Decolonization
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- 1 From the Golden Age to Conquest and Colonization
- 2 Decolonization and Liberation
- 3 Decolonization’s Legacies
- 4 External Influences
- 5 Africa’s Economy, 1960–2000
- 6 Economy, Socioeconomic Development, and Development Cooperation
- 7 States, Political Systems, and Actors
- 8 Intra-African Cooperation and Integration
- 9 Political Crises
- 10 Large-Scale Conflicts
- 11 International Conflict Management
- 12 African Actors’ Role in International Politics
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Index
Summary
Africa has agency and can influence international politics. This chapter iterate some parts of the history laid out in previous chapters, emphasizing that Africa does not look back to a history of marginalization but one of participation. It turns to African actors and describes them before going through some policy arenas – the negotiations to reform the UN Security Council, the Libyan crisis, the International Criminal Court, climate change negotiations, and the Chagos Islands – to identify means of African actors to influence international politics and the obstacles they face.
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- Africa since DecolonizationThe History and Politics of a Diverse Continent, pp. 264 - 281Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021