| Description |
1 online resource (177 pages) |
| Contents |
1. New Labour: doing good in Africa -- 2. Ideas of the good and the political -- 3. How the British found utopia in Africa -- 4. The good, the bad and the ambiguous -- 5. Healing the scar? -- 6. Idealisation in Africa -- 7. The good state -- 8. Conclusion |
| Summary |
Africa was a key focus of Britain's foreign policy under Tony Blair. Military intervention in Sierra Leone, increases in aid and debt relief, and grand initiatives such as the Commission for Africa established the continent as a place in which Britain could 'do good'. Britain and Africa under Blair: in pursuit of the good state critically explores Britain's fascination with Africa. It argues that, under New Labour, Africa represented an area of policy that appeared to transcend politics. Gradually, it came to embody an ideal state activity around which politicians, officials and the wider publ |
| Analysis |
Africa |
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Britain |
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New Labour |
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Sierra Leone |
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Tony Blair |
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debt relief |
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foreign policy |
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international relations |
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military intervention |
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political communities |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Blair, Tony, 1953-
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| SUBJECT |
Blair, Tony, 1953- fast |
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Economic assistance, British -- Africa -- History
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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Politics and Government.
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Diplomatic relations
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Economic assistance, British
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Africa
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Africa -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
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Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1997-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006737
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1997-2007. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97005399
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| Subject |
Africa
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011500429 |
| ISBN |
9781847794222 |
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184779422X |
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9781781702253 |
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178170225X |
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