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"Moving beyond a self-indulgent attitude about Africa's historical victimhood, the book seeks to capture how African states individually and Africa's collective institutions (the AU) are providing agency in Africa's international relations. While African states have been trailblazers in such ideas as 'The Responsibility to Protect', as conceived in the African Union Constitutive Act (2001) which preceded the United Nations (UN) Secretary General's report ""In Larger Freedom"" (2005) in which the UN adopted the concept, African agency in international relations has not always been captured proactively. Our volume seeks to document Africa (and African states) in a state of proactivity as opposed to a reactionary mode of international relations which has for long been the case due to the discipline's heavy concentration on the West. The main themes we include are: African agency in international relations and commerce, agency in Africa's balancing of big and regional powers, reshaping Africa-EU relations beyond the Cotonou Agreements, Africa and international human rights institutions, African efforts in elections and conflicts in Africa and relationship building among African leaders."

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Author:   Elijah Nyaga Munyi, Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations ,  David Mwambari, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Conflict Research Group ,  Aleksi Ylönen, Associate Professor, Department of International Relations
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield International
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield International
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9781786612700

ISBN 10:   1786612704
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   31 August 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Conceptualising Agency and Influence in African International Relations, Elijah N. Munyi, David Mwambari and Aleksi Ylönen / 2. The Hijacked and Appropriating of African Agency in International Relations, Funmi Olonisakin / 3. Confronting an Imperialist Court: Africa's Quagmire in Dealing with the International Criminal Court, Torque Mude / 4. The Commonwealth Beckon: Clientelist Agency in Post Brexit EU-ACP Relations, Elijah N. Munyi / 5. Engaging Foreign Powers: The Changing Political Environment and Regime Survival in the Horn of Africa, Aleksi Ylönen / 6. The Role of African Union Agency in Managing Election Related Violence in Cote d'Ivoire, Tinashe Sithole / 7. Hurting Stalemate in International Interventions: An Analysis of the IGAD-Led Engagements in the South Sudan Conflict, 2013-2017, Muema Wambua / 8. Creating Sustainable Peace: The International Conference on The Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) Attempts to Deal with Sexual and Gender based Violence, Anselm Wongibeh / 9. Rwanda's agency in the United Nations after 1994 Genocide, David Mwambari / 10. Innovative Remittance Transfer Channels: Improving the Impact of Global South Remittances to Kenya's National Development, Angela W. Muguna / 11. Failed Agency in Africa's Air Liberalisation; Re-examining the Youmossukro Decision, Sabina Bwire / 12. Conclusion, Munyi, Mwambari, Ylonen

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Beyond History is a most welcome addition to the analysis and advocacy of the 'global South' in IR/IPE from rising African scholars. It suggests a variety of 'African agency' as well as shifts in regional relations around the Horn of Africa. It resonates with current discourses and foreign policy debates, focusing on the evolution of inter-regional relations, non- as well as inter-state. This original book deserves to be read and discussed as a major contribution to overlapping fields into the third decade of the 21st century.--Timothy Shaw, Faculty Fellow, Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA

Beyond History is a most welcome addition to the analysis and advocacy of the 'global South' in IR/IPE from rising African scholars. It suggests a variety of 'African agency' as well as shifts in regional relations around the Horn of Africa. It resonates with current discourses and foreign policy debates, focusing on the evolution of inter-regional relations, non- as well as inter-state. This original book deserves to be read and discussed as a major contribution to overlapping fields into the third decade of the 21st century. Beyond History deepens the contemporary discourse on African agency through presenting a collection of 13 chapters on state and non-state manifestations of it. ... The collection draws on a roster of esteemed scholars--heavyweights in their respective fields ... This edited volume unravels African agency from the theoretical to the practical, through a multitude of case-studies. This will allow a broader audience to engage with an important--but often abstract--theme and identify how the concept intersects with their own research. I would recommend all scholars, students, researchers, policy-makers and practitioners studying or working to advance African priorities from within the continent and beyond to read the book, examine the sector-relevant examples or peruse the ones that provoke curiosity.

Author Information

David Mwambari is an FWO postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Conflict and Development Studies at Ghent University in Belgium and an adjunct faculty at The African Leadership Centre (ALC) in the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy at King’s College London (UK). Elijah Nyaga Munyi is an Assiatnt Professor of International relations at the United States International University and a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Science Po University, Bordeaux. Aleksi Ylönen is an Associate Professor of International Relations at the United States International University- Africa (USIU- Africa).

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