Power, wealth and global equity: An international relations textbook for Africa

This is a revised and updated edition of "Power, Wealth and Global Equity", the highly successful and innovative textbook on International Relations aimed at students in and of Africa. Like its predecessors, this edition is aimed at students taking introductory courses in International Relations and in African Studies. However, many of the chapters will also appeal to readers interested in contemporary African affairs, and can be used by students in the fields of Foreign Policy, Comparative Politics, History and Political Economy. Challenging the intellectual hegemony of 'the North', the authors show what the world and its patterns of power, wealth and privilege/marginalisation look like from an African perspective.By helping the reader to understand the origins and dynamics of the structures and institutions and trans-border political and economic interaction in today's world, the book also empowers students to become active players on the global stage and to contribute to changing these structures and institutions for the better. This textbook is extremely user friendly, providing the student an extensive glossary, list of acronyms, bibliography, index, maps and biographies of important people mentioned in the text. This edition includes completely new chapters on the international relations of the East and West African regions, as well as an updated chapter on southern Africa. "Teachers of International Relations" will benefit from the way in which material has been selected and presented with the educational challenges of young students in mind.

Table of Contents:
The Study of International Relations; Theories of International Relations; Morality and Ethics in International Relations; The Evolution of the Global Political Economy; States and the Inter-State System; Analysing and Evaluating Foreign Policy; International Institutions and Law; Non-State Actors in International Relations; Globalisation and the South: Markets, Mafias and Movements; Africa in the Global System, 1600 to Decolonisation; Africa in the Contemporary World; Africa's International Relations; Conflict and Conflict Resolution in Africa; The Evolution of South Africa's Foreign Policy, 1994-2005; The Southern Africa Regional Sub-System; The West African Regional Sub-System; The East African Regional Sub-System; African Development: Debates and Prospects.

About the Author :
Patrick J. McGowan divides his time between the graduate school of business administration at the University of the Witwatersrand and the department of political science at Arizona State University. Philip Nel is a professor of political science at the University of Stellenbosch, where he runs the international studies program.