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Britain and Africa Under Blair : In pursuit of the good state.

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 Afri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gallagher, Julia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.