INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF SUB SAHARAN AFRICA

THIS TITLE EXAMINES SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA'S RELATIONS WITH STATES SUCH AS THE US, INDIA, CHINA, THE EU, AND BRITAIN AS WELL AS WITH NON-STATE ACTORS. "THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA" IS AN IN-DEPTH EXAMINATION AFRICA'S PLACE IN GLOBAL POLITICS. THE BOOK PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE AND CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF THE WAYS IN WHICH PEACE, PROSPERITY, AND DEMOCRACY ARE BEING ADVANCED (OR RESTRICTED) BY THE ACTIVITIES OF THE GREAT POWERS IN AFRICA, INCLUDING NON-STATE ACTORS, AS WELL AS WHO BENEFITS FROM THESE POLICIES AND WHO DOES NOT. THE BOOK IS A NEEDED COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE ROLE OF GREAT POWERS AND 'NEW' ACTORS SUCH AS CHINA AND INDIA IN AFRICA WITHIN THE WIDER CONTEXT OF NEO-LIBERAL HEGEMONY. IT FILLS A GAP IN THE LITERATURE AND WILL BE OF INTEREST TO ANY STUDENT OF THE CONTINENT. ITS FOCUS ON EXTERNAL ACTORS CONTRIBUTES TO PROVIDING A FULLER PICTURE OF AFRICA'S PLACE IN THE GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY AND HOW THE CONTINENT INTERACTS WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD. THIS IS AN ESSE