Britain in Africa.

By: Porteous, TomMaterial type: TextTextSeries: African ArgumentsPublisher: London : Zed Books, 2010Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (169 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781848133402Subject(s): Africa -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain | Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Africa | Great Britain -- Foreign relations administration | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1997-2007 | International relationsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Britain in AfricaDDC classification: 327.4106 LOC classification: DT32.7 -- .P67 2008ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- About the author -- African Arguments -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 | The players -- Development as foreign policy -- An ethical approach to foreign policy? -- The big picture -- Business as usual? -- Gunboat development -- 2 | The policy -- Partners for development -- A 'blisteringly honest' report -- Politics as culture -- International priorities and national interests -- Networking and jet-setting -- 3 | Limits of leverage -- Making a difference? -- Weak states -- Blunt instruments -- Contradictions and dilemmas -- Technocrats and diplomats -- 4 | Futures -- Notes -- Further reading -- Index.
Summary: This book sets out the balance sheet of what Britain has achieved, and where and why it failed in Africa.
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Intro -- About the author -- African Arguments -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 | The players -- Development as foreign policy -- An ethical approach to foreign policy? -- The big picture -- Business as usual? -- Gunboat development -- 2 | The policy -- Partners for development -- A 'blisteringly honest' report -- Politics as culture -- International priorities and national interests -- Networking and jet-setting -- 3 | Limits of leverage -- Making a difference? -- Weak states -- Blunt instruments -- Contradictions and dilemmas -- Technocrats and diplomats -- 4 | Futures -- Notes -- Further reading -- Index.

This book sets out the balance sheet of what Britain has achieved, and where and why it failed in Africa.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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