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Local States/Spaces of Exception Conclusions; References; Beyond Curse and Blessing: Rentier Society in Venezuela; Introduction; Natural Resources, Rents and Development: An Overview of Scholarly Debates; Shortcomings of the Current Rentier and Resource Curse Debate; Beyond Curse and Blessing: Analytical Starting Points for a Deeper Understanding of Rentier Societies; A Crucial Case Study: Venezuela's Rentier Society; The Distribution of Rent Income in Venezuela; Reclaiming the Rent: Oil and Venezuelan Society; Conclusions; References

I. Introduction . - 1. Maurizio Carbone, EU-Africa relations in the twenty-first century: evolution and explanations 3. - II. Actors and contexts. - 2. Fredrik Söderbaum, The European Union as an actor in Africa: internal coherence and external legitimacy 25. - 3. Gorm Rye Olsen, The EU's Africa policy between the US and China: interests, altruism, and cooperation 43. - 4. Richard G. Whitman and Toni Haastrup, Locating the EU's strategic behaviour in Sub-Saharan Africa: an emerging strategic culture? 57. - 5. Ian Taylor, Africa's place in international relations: domestic politics, global linkages 77. - 6. Mary Farrell, African regionalism: external influences and continental shaping forces 98 . - III. Policies and partnerships. - 7. Maurizio Carbone, Foreign aid, coordination, and ownership in EU-Africa relations 121. - 8. Gordon Crawford, EU human rights and democracy promotion in Africa: normative power or realist interests? 142. - 9. Christopher Stevens, Economic Partnership Agreements and Africa: losing friends and failing to influence 165. - 10. Alan Matthews, Unfulfilled expectations? The EU's agricultural and fisheries policies and Africa 189. - 11. Amelia Hadfield, Out of Africa: the energy-development nexus 209. - 12. Simon Lightfoot, Climate change and the EU-Africa Strategy: coherence, leadership, and the 'greening' of development 238. - 13. Tine Van Criekinge, The EU-Africa migration partnership: the limits of the EU's external dimension of migration in Africa 258. - 14. Jan Orbie, Work in progress: the social dimension of EU-Africa relations 283. - IV. Conclusion. - 15. Michael Smith, European policies, African impact and international order: (re)evaluating the EU-Africa relationship 307