African Actors in International Security: Shaping Contemporary Norms

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Title: African Actors in International Security: Shaping Contemporary Norms
Description: What impact have African actors had on perceptions of and responses to current international security challenges? Are there international peace and security norms with African roots? How can actors that lack the power and financial resources of Western states help to shape prevailing conceptions of appropriate behavior in international politics? Addressing these questions, the authors of African Actors in International Security identify and explore the diverse pathways by which African governments, IGOs, NGOs, and individuals can and do influence the normative structure of contemporary international relations.
Authors: Katharina P. Coleman, Thomas K. Tieku
Resource Type: eBook.
Subjects: Non-state actors (International relations)--Africa, Security, International--Africa, Social norms--Africa, International cooperation
Categories: POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General
Database: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
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Abstract:What impact have African actors had on perceptions of and responses to current international security challenges? Are there international peace and security norms with African roots? How can actors that lack the power and financial resources of Western states help to shape prevailing conceptions of appropriate behavior in international politics? Addressing these questions, the authors of African Actors in International Security identify and explore the diverse pathways by which African governments, IGOs, NGOs, and individuals can and do influence the normative structure of contemporary international relations.
ISBN:9781626376960
9781626377295