1st Edition
Dreams of Power The Role of the Organization of African Unity in the Politics of Africa 1963-1993
By K. van Walraven
Copyright 1999
498 Pages
by
Routledge
498 Pages
by
Routledge
498 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1999, this book was the first study to provide a systematic reconstruction of the OAU's ideological ground-work. It is based on OAU documents; a corpus of African perceptions of OAU functioning collected from governmental and non-governmental newspapers and publications from more than thirty African countries; and on interviews held with African diplomats and OAU officials.... Read more
1. Introduction, Methodology and Theoretical Perspectives. 2. The Structures of African Politics: Domestic Conditions, Foreign Policy and International Relations. 3. Some Historical and Ideological Perspectives. 4. The Formation of the Organization of African Unity. 5. The Internal Functioning of the OAU. 6. The OAU and the Struggle Against Colonialism. 7. The OAU and the Management of Africa's Political Order (I). 8. The OAU and the Management of Africa's Political Order (II). 9. Conclusions.
Biography
K. van Walraven
