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"China's rise to global power status in recent decades has been accompanied with a deepening trade relationship with Africa, leading to much academic debate about the influence of Chinese business in the continent. However, China's engagement with African states at the political and diplomatic level has received less attention in the literature. This book investigates the impact of Chinese policies on African politics, asking how China deals with political instability in Africa and in turn how Africans perceive China to be helping or hindering political stability. Whilst China officially operates with a foreign policy strategy which conceives of Africa as one integrated monolithic area (with FOCAC the flagship of inter-continental cooperation), this book highlights the plurality of context-specific interaction patterns between China and African elites, demonstrating how Chinese politics in the context of resource-rich and geostrategically important countries differs from the strategies coined for relations with those African states without strategic resources. By looking comparatively at a range of different country cases, the book aims to develop a theoretical framework that assesses how China reacts to political stability and instability, and in which ways the country contributes to domestic political dynamics and stability within African states. China's New Role in African Politics will be of interest to researchers from across Political Science, International Relations, International Law and Economy, Security Studies, and African and Chinese Studies"--

"This volume addresses two primary research concerns: first, considering extraversion (or extroversion) as a term for characterizing a region that is "mobilizing resources from their (possibly unequal) relationship with the external environment", a dynamic that constitutes a possible African potential; and, second, a survey of competing systems and strategies with a focus on relationships between formal and informal institutions in terms of their collaborations and conflicts. In addition, this volume contains three chapters examining very recent African responses to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic from a variety of perspectives. The final part of this volume contains an important contribution to the conceptualization of 'African Potentials'. This has proven to be a significant conceptual innovation, that allows intellectual access to alternative ways of thinking about latent ideas of universality."-Back cover.

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Notes on Contributors -- Contents -- Series Preface. African Potentials for Convivial World-Making -- 1. The Idea of 'African Potentials' -- 2. African Forum: A Unique Intellectual Collaboration between Japan and Africa -- 3. What are African Potentials? -- 4. The African Potentials Series -- Acknowledgement -- Introduction. African Politics of Survival: Extraversion and Informality in the Contemporary World -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Chapter 1 - A Legitimate Proxy? The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire from the Perspective of African Regional Organisations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Political Trajectory of Côte d'Ivoire Leading up to Intervention by the UN PKO -- 3. How Was This Intervention Possible? -- 4. The Response of African Regional Organisations to the Post-Election Crisis in Côte d'Ivoire -- 5. The Legitimacy Underpinning the UN PKO Military Operation -- 6. Was the United Nations a 'Proxy' for the Nations of Africa? -- 7. Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Chapter 2 - Overcoming the Dichotomy between Africa and the West: Norms and Measures for Arms Transfers to Non-State Actors (NSAs) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Modern State Formation, 'Standards of Civilisation' and NSAs -- 3. Interwar Period: 'Standards of Civilisation' Continued -- 4. Post-WWII: From Positive to Negative Sovereignty -- 5. Post-Cold War: Three Approaches to Arms Transfer -- 6. Post-Cold War International Agreements -- 7. Diversification and Fragmentation of International Norms -- 8. Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Chapter 3 - Competing Local Knowledges of an Indigenous Plant: The Social Construction of Legitimate Rooibos Use in Post-Apartheid South Africa -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Interaction of Local Knowledges.

This book examines the impact of post-colonial leadership on political integration in Nigeria, offering an in-depth understanding of the historical and contemporary forces that shape Nigeria's national politics as well as African politics generally. Okafor discusses how Nigeria's pre-colonial and colonial political histories along with contemporary external forces like neo-colonialism, as well as internal social, economic and political structures and developments, have affected emerging post-independence politics in the country. The study climaxes with an Africa-centered theory of political an.

In this timely and essential book, Stephen Chan explores the political landscape of southern Africa, examining how it is poised to change and what the repercussions are likely to be across the continent. The author focuses on three countries in particular: South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia, all of which have remained interconnected since the end of colonialism and the overthrow of apartheid. Chan draws on his extensive and intimate experience to provide the definitive inside guide to this complex region and offer an insight on how the near future is likely to be a litmus test not just for this trio of countries but for all of Africa. 'If there is any book that 'explains' the tumultuous recent history of southern Africa, this is surely it: a sweeping overview that is a combination of academic detachment and an insider's account, peppered with first-hand experiences and personal knowledge of many of the region's players. For the best part of his career, Professor Chan has been in the front line, literally as well as metaphorically, of a conflict rooted in race and moulded by imperialism. Its malign legacy lives on; but the analysis and the insights in this riveting account will surely add to the understanding so essential to that legacy's resolution.' – Michael Holman, former Africa editor for the Financial Times

Title Page -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Home, school, army -- Chapter 2: Wits -- Chapter 3: Oxford -- Chapter 4: Truth to power -- Chapter 5: Injustice and absurdity -- Chapter 6: A permit for everything -- Chapter 7: Soweto, apartheid, and business -- Chapter 8: Dreams and nightmares -- Chapter 9: Survival -- Chapter 10: The silent revolution -- Chapter 11: Turmoil in the townships -- Chapter 12: Revolution under the rainbow -- Chapter 13: Race and redress -- Chapter 14: Liberalism for all seasons -- Chapter 15: The way forward -- About the book -- About the author -- Imprint page