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1 online resource (177 pages) |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Blair, Tony, 1953-
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Blair, Tony, 1953- |
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Economic assistance, British -- Africa -- History.
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Economic assistance, British. |
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Africa. |
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History. |
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Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Africa.
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Great Britain. |
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International relations. |
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Africa -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1997-
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1997- |
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1997-2007.
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Politics and government. |
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1997-2007 |
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Since 1997 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gallagher, Julia. Britain and Africa Under Blair : In pursuit of the good state. Manchester : Manchester University Press, ©2011 9780719085000 |
| ISBN |
9781847794222 (electronic book) |
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184779422X (electronic book) |
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9781781702253 (electronic book) |
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178170225X (electronic book) |
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9780719085000 (hardback) |
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0719085004 (hardback) |
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