The Dynamics of Economic and Political Relations Between Africa and Foreign Powers: A Study in International Relations FROM THE PUBLISHER
International relations at large and Africa's in particular are shaped by the actors' historical location, by what they offer economically and culturally, and by who they are socially. In international relations, nations tend to deal with objective conditions as they are or as they are perceived. However, Lumumba-Kasongo demonstrates through case-studies of Liberia and Zaire/Congo that what "the objective conditions" are may not necessarily be what they ought to be in the national development process.
SYNOPSIS
An examination of the nature and significance of the interactions between African states and the industrial countries within the world system.
FROM THE CRITICS
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A critical analysis of the relations between Africa and the dominant foreign powers in the global puzzle and the impact of those relations on the articulation of national policy. Lumumba- Kasongo (political science and international studies, Wells College and Cornell U.) uses a structuralist and historical framework in his examination of issues such as the relations between Liberia and the US and between Congo-Zaire and Belgium, the economic and political relations between Africa and the foreign powers within the context of global change, and new perspectives after the Cold War. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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