Exploring Africa's Agency in International Politics

A protracted conventional knowledge within mainstream International Relations (IR) has been that African agents (states, organizations, and diplomats) are consumers of international norms and practices designed in the affluent countries of the Global North. Papers in this special issue present a cha...

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Autores principales: Amanda Coffie, Lembe Tiky
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:bee5d6f8c2844a19b6286a71ef50d0062021-11-12T22:33:27ZExploring Africa's Agency in International Politics0002-03971868-686910.1177/00020397211050080https://doaj.org/article/bee5d6f8c2844a19b6286a71ef50d0062021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1177/00020397211050080https://doaj.org/toc/0002-0397https://doaj.org/toc/1868-6869A protracted conventional knowledge within mainstream International Relations (IR) has been that African agents (states, organizations, and diplomats) are consumers of international norms and practices designed in the affluent countries of the Global North. Papers in this special issue present a challenge to this view; they discuss the active role and the influence of African actors in international politics and renew a call for the development of IR theories, concepts, and methods that reflect Global Southern and African experiences, ideas, institutions, actors and processes.Amanda CoffieLembe TikySAGE PublishingarticleHistory of AfricaDT1-3415International relationsJZ2-6530Social SciencesHENAfrica Spectrum, Vol 56 (2021)
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Exploring Africa's Agency in International Politics
description A protracted conventional knowledge within mainstream International Relations (IR) has been that African agents (states, organizations, and diplomats) are consumers of international norms and practices designed in the affluent countries of the Global North. Papers in this special issue present a challenge to this view; they discuss the active role and the influence of African actors in international politics and renew a call for the development of IR theories, concepts, and methods that reflect Global Southern and African experiences, ideas, institutions, actors and processes.
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