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Britain and Africa in the twenty-first century: Between ambition and pragmatism

✍ Scribed by Danielle Beswick; Jonathan Fisher; Stephen R. Hurt (editors)

Publisher
Manchester University Press
Year
2019
Tongue
English
Leaves
244
Category
Library
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✦ Synopsis

Britain and Africa in the twenty-first century offers the first book-length study of how Britain’s relationship with Africa has fared since the fall of the 1997-2010 New Labour government.

✦ Table of Contents

Front matter
Contents
List of figures and tables
List of contributors
Foreword
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction: UK Africa policy in the twenty-first century: business as usual?
Part I: Africa in UK international relations: trade, aid, development and security
The evolution of UK policy to Sub-Saharan Africa, 1997–2019
Africa’s trade with Brexit Britain: neo-colonialism encounters regionalism?
The UK and Africa relations: construction of the African Union’s peace and security structures
The securitisation of UK aid and DFID programmes in Africa: a comparative case study of Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda
The UK and peacekeeping operations on the African continent
Part II: Africa and UK actors: parties, publics and civil society
Rehabilitating the ‘nasty party’? The Conservative Party and Africa from opposition to government
Labour, international development and Africa: policy rethinking in opposition
The mixed fortunes of African development campaigning under austerity and the Conservatives
British campaigns for African development: the Trade Justice Movement
International development NGOs, representations in fundraising appeals and public attitudes in UK–Africa relations
Conclusions: aspects of continuity and change after New Labour
Index

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