Political Identity and African Foreign Policies (Paperback)

"A meaningful and welcome contribution to the study of African politics writ large…. The authors provide a cogent portrait of the foreign policies of a diverse set of regimes across the African continent." —Kirk A. Harris;Susquehanna University

Although all African states suffer the same peripheral status in world politics;they display variation in their foreign policies. How can we account for this variation? What role;if any;do the political identities of ruling elites play? Can patterns be seen in personalist vs. one-party dominant vs. multiparty regimes? The authors of Political Identity and African Foreign Policies address these questions;exploring the relationship between identity formation and foreign policy in nine African countries.