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African Studies and the Postcolonial Challenge

Abrahamsen, Rita (2003)

Postcolonial theory is frequently dismissed as too theoretical and esoteric, and hence irrelevant to the study of contemporary African politics and society. This article challenges this dismissal of postcolonialism, and ...
The African Union - United Nations Relationship and Civilian protection in Darfur, 2004-2007

Bergholm, Linnea (Aberystwyth UniversityInternational Politics, 2009)

This thesis argues that regional-global collaborations for the protection of civilians can be understood through the lens of the collective legitimation function of international organisations. Such a perspective attempts ...
Blair's Africa: The Politics of Securitization and Fear

Abrahamsen, Rita (2005)

Prime Minister Tony Blair has described Africa as a “scar on the conscience of the world.” This article argues that New Labour's increasing attention to Africa is part of an ongoing securitization of the continent; ...
Ethics and Foreign Policy: The Antinomies of New Labour's 'Third Way' in Sub-Saharan Africa

Williams, Paul; Abrahamsen, Rita (2002)

This article explores how New Labour has attempted to implement its ideas about a 'third way' foreign policy in sub-Saharan Africa. Through an examination of British foreign policy practices, we explore whether New Labour ...
Foucault and Slavery: Violence, Power and Resistance in Slave Narratives

Slack, Andrew (Aberystwyth UniversityInternational Politics, 2008-09-03)

Much recent literature on slavery implicitly conceives power as zero-sum coercion of one rational unitary subject by another, emphasizing violence while failing to investigate resistance. To address this, this paper considers ...
Governing Northern Uganda. A Postcolonial Critique of Development

Paine, Clare (Aberystwyth UniversityInternational Politics, 2009)

The Acholi population, who constitute the area often referred to as Acholi-land in northern Uganda, have been the most affected by the war waged over the past two decades by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). ‘Victims have ...
One World Comes to One Country? Governing Sustainable Development from the Johannesburg Summit

Death, Carl (Aberystwyth UniversityInternational Politics, 2008)

This thesis interrogates the political effects of sustainable development discourse as seen through the lens of the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), held in Johannesburg, South Africa. By approaching ...
Organisational Culture at War: Ethiopian Decision-making and the War with Eritrea (1998-2000)

Hansen, Stig Jarle (Aberystwyth UniversityInternational Politics, 2006)

Although the Eritrean-Ethiopian war (1998-2000) has been analysed by a large number of researchers, the impact of organisational culture on the war has been neglected. This thesis employs the constructivist theories of ...
The Power of Partnerships in Global Governance

Abrahamsen, Rita (2004)

Development partnerships are frequently represented as a way of giving recipient countries 'ownership' of their development programmes, whereas critics argue that partnerships are little more than conditionality by another ...
Sustainable disarmament and development: the challenge of small arms in Karamoja, Uganda

Yeung, Christina Mai-Ling (Aberystwyth UniversityInternational Politics, 2006)

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