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Transnational African Identity; E.P.Renne Insurgent Transnational Conversations in Nigeria's 'Nollywood' Cinema; P.Soyinka-Airewele Centripetal forces: Reconciling cosmopolitan lives and local loyalty in a Malian transnational social field; B.Whitehouse Towards an African Muslim Globality: The Parading of Transnational Identities in Black America; Z.Abdullah African Migrant Worker Militancy in the Global North: Labor Contracting and Independent Worker Organizing in New York City; I.Ness Transnational Memories and Identity; T.Ufomata Arrested Nationalism, Imposed Transnationalism and the African Literature Classroom: One Nigerian Writer's Learning Curve; P.Adesanmi Drawing on the interdisciplinary research projects of scholars from various social science and humanities disciplines, this book explores how African migration to Western countries after the neo-liberal economic reforms of the 1980s transformed West African states and their new transnational populations in Western countries. 1) TOP EDITORS: Okome and Vaughan are leading scholars of African and global politics. 2) INTERDISCIPLINARY: The collection brings together work from the research projects of scholars across the social sciences and humanities. 3) LIVELY WRITING: The contributors' analyses are leavened with fascinating personal anecdotes and examples drawn from first-hand experience.

' West African Migrationscomplicates past 'isms' and present 'scapes' of our global era by humanizing the homeland or the diaspora as a space of constantly shifting conjunctures, monologues, and disjunctures-ultimately conditioned by the trans-migrant's state of mind. In this timely volume, Africa and the West locate a neutral nexus for a long overdue dialogue. A must read for scholars and general readers seeking new meanings for our liminal existence within and without increasingly artificial borders.'-Niyi Afolabi, associate professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese and Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, University of Texas at Austin and co-editor of Trans-Atlantic Migration: The Paradoxes of Exile ' West African Migrationsis an important and timely contribution to our understanding of the new processes of identity formation and migration in the age of neo-liberal globalization. The contributions in this volume present crucial insights into the complex experiences of African migrants in the Western world as well as the changes they are enacting in their new host countries. It is a must read.'-James Genova, associate professor and program coordinator for History, The Ohio State University-Marion 'In this timely contribution to the growing body of migration studies in Africa, Okome and Vaughan have brought together a range of contributions that is both rigorous and insightful. A highly recommended book!'-Insa Nolte, Centre of West African Studies, University of Birmingham, UK

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BBD91BEF-FD86-49DB-9B73-FF6848804F21 671887 Electronic Book Text 568333 9781137006448 1137006447 Diplomacy of Connivance E.Book SPIRP:Diplomacy of Connivanc 21/08/2012 08/21/2012 59A IR and Development - USA Academic B. Badie 14306 By (Author) Author Record 1 Institute D'Etudes Politiques, Paris, France bertrand.badie@theglobalexperts.org 59A IR and Development - USA Academic Sciences Po Series in IR and PE SPIRP US Domestic Pal Scholarly E7 - Distributed to Vendors E3 - Basic Record Set Up J - Society & social sciences; JPS - International relations POL011010; POL010000; POL011000; POL011000; POL011010; POL010000 Politics - Politics, Media, and Communication; Politics & IR - Foreign Policy & Diplomacy; Politics & IR - Political History; Politics - International Relations Professional and Scholarly 2012 50.83 95.00 Green EPUB EBook 256 0 sa 2015-06-08 17:31:06.873 Words All Formats

PART I: TOWARD AN APOLAR WORLD Concerts and Dissonance A Precarious Polarization The System without a Name (1989 ) PART II: THE NEW ARISTOCRATS 'Fireside Chats' Western 'Nobility' The Imperative of Governance PART III: THE REVENGE OF GLOBALIZATION Concert of Contention The Emerging Powers as Arbiters An Anomic International System The status quo of the modern world order, a diplomatic entente best characterized as 'connivance diplomacy,' is examined here through its history, its functions, and its failures. Reveals gaps in standard IR theory on 'polarity' (e.g. unipolarity, bipolarity, apolarity) in world powers and politics and proposes a new analysis Demonstrates methods for achieving goals in a world ruled by connivance diplomacy Building on the experience of the Concert of the Powers, Bertrand Badie develops the concept of 'connivance.' It is partway between armistice and peace, conflict and cooperation, and bridges realist emphasis on power and the liberal and constructivist focus on norms and rules. Badie makes a strong case for its utility in an increasingly multipolar world composed of powerful units with different cultures and values but which nevertheless need to live with one another in peace." - Richard Ned Lebow, professor of International Political Theory, Department of War Studies, King's College, London "Bertrand Badie's account of exclusive multilateralism is an effective antidote against too much enthusiasm for the many small groupings, formal like the Security Council and less formal like the G8, which are populating today's international relations. His critique of the West's usurpation of the leadership role in these clubs not only enhances misgivings of former victims of colonialism and imperialism. Even if one believes that cooperation among great powers to prevent major war is not a bad thing, Badie's call for inclusion serves as a necessary counterweight against too much devotion toward the powers that be." - Harald Mueller, professor of International Relations, Goethe University and executive director, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt "While I have more confidence than Bertrand Badie in institutional constraints and in Great Powers' tendency to reciprocally block each other's hegemonial ambitions out of self-interest, I profoundly share his concern with their ability to conclude bargains detrimental to less powerful participants in the state system. This is clearly one of the best books on the dilemmas of Great Power cooperation that I have read in many years." - Matthias Schulz, professor of History of International Relations and Transnational History, University of Geneva