{"product_id":"the-african-union-and-african-agency-in-international-politics-paperback","title":"The African Union and African Agency in International Politics - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTshepo Gwatiwa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExplores the African Union's strategic partnerships\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExplores a different dimension of African agency in international politics\u003c\/p\u003e Examines two forms of agency slack--shirking and slippage--in AU partnerships.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the role of the African Union in relation to African agency in international politics. It examines the manner and extent to which the African Union exercises two forms of agency--shirking and slippage--in its strategic and collaborative partnerships. The author focuses on four major AU partnerships with the European Union, NATO, the United Nations and US AFRICOM. The books examines African agency in each partnership by exploring the politics and dynamics of each partnership in different aspects: the multilevel engagement, institutionalization, resource contribution and disbursement, as well as preference linkage. It specifically does that by examining African ownership and leadership in all of these aspects. The book highlights the role of agency slack as a survival strategy to escape from the AU's subaltern position in international politics. It designates the partnership with the European Union as emblematic of African agency; while the others exhibit different forms of agency slack. Partnerships with NATO and the United Nations exhibit shirking, while that with the US AFRICOM exhibits slippage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTshepo Gwatiwa\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in the Department of International Relations at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is also a Research Associate at the African Centre for the Study of the United States (ACSUS) at the same university.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTshepo Gwatiwa, PhD\u003c\/b\u003e is a lecturer in the Department of International Relations at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is also a Research Associate at the African Centre for the Study of the United States (ACSUS) at the same university. He was previously at lecturer at the University of Botswana, where he was also seconded as an adjunct lecturer to the Botswana Defence Force (BDF)'s Defence Command and Staff College. He is the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eExpanding US Military Command in Africa: Elites, Networks and Grand Strategy\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 2021).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 223\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 11, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42720149274687,"sku":"9783030878078","price":161.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/047d3a46a053b6ef706fcfb58ec727b2.webp?v=1765088188","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-african-union-and-african-agency-in-international-politics-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}