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

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Author / Creator:Gallagher, Julia.
Imprint:Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2011.
Description:1 online resource (177 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11166945
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ISBN:9781847794222
184779422X
9781781702253
178170225X
9780719085000
0719085004
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
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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.
Other form:Print version: Gallagher, Julia. Britain and Africa Under Blair : In pursuit of the good state. Manchester : Manchester University Press, ©2011 9780719085000

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