Britain and Africa Under Blair: In Pursuit of the Good State

by Julia Gallagher

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719091179
• ISBN13: 9780719091179
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"