The EU and China in African Authoritarian Regimes: Domestic Politics and Governance Reforms
In: Governance and Limited Statehood Ser.
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Acronyms -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 EU Good Governance Strategies Face Two Challenges: The Predominance of African Dominant Party Systems and China's Rise in Africa -- EU Good Governance Strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa -- The 'New Authoritarianism' in Africa: Dominant Party Systems -- China's Rise in Africa -- 1.2 Different Parts of the Same Elephant? Researching EU Good Governance Strategies and China's Engagement in Africa -- Why Should We Focus on African Governments' Strategies? -- 1.3 Why Angola, Ethiopia and Rwanda? -- Three Dominant Party Regimes -- In a Nutshell: Angola's, Ethiopia's and Rwanda's Responsiveness -- 1.4 Structure of the Book -- Chapter 2: The Initial Puzzle: Why Governments in Dominant Party Systems Engage with the EU on Good Governance Reform, or Not -- 2.1 The EU's Strategies to Promote Governance Reforms -- The EU's Approach: Content and Channels -- The EU's Instruments: Cooperative or Confrontational Strategy? -- 2.2 African Governments' Responsiveness -- Interaction Effects: EU Good Governance Strategies and African Governments' Responsiveness -- 2.3 Survival Strategies of Governments in Dominant party Regimes -- Survival Strategies -- The Foundation of Political Survival: Strengthening the Party or the State -- Managing Political Survival: Effectively Controlling Arenas of Contestation Such as Elections, Parliaments and Courts -- Managing Political Survival: Opening and Closing Political Spaces -- Structural and Situational Factors That Impact on the Choice of Survival Strategies -- EU Good Governance Strategies Meet Dominant Party Regimes -- Building Effective States -- Managing Arenas of Political Contestation -- Opening or Closing Political Spaces -- 2.4 African Economic Dependence on the EU.