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100 1 _aGallagher, Julia.
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245 1 0 _aBritain and Africa Under Blair
_bIn pursuit of the good state.
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260 _aManchester :
_bManchester University Press,
_c(c)2011.
300 _a1 online resource (177 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 0 _aCopyright; Contents; List of abbreviations; Preface; New Labour: doing good in Africa; 2. Ideas of the good and the political; 3. How the British found utopia in Africa; 4. The good, the bad and the ambiguous; 5. Healing the scar?; 6. Idealisation in Africa; 7. The good state; 8. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
520 0 _aAfrica 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 area of policy that appeared to transcend politics. Gradually, it came to embody an ideal state activity around which politicians, officials and the wider publ.
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650 4 _aAfrica
_xForeign relations
_zGreat Britain.
650 4 _aBlair, Tony, 1953-
650 4 _aEconomic assistance, British
_zAfrica
_xHistory.
650 4 _aGreat Britain
_xForeign relations
_x1997-
650 4 _aGreat Britain
_xForeign relations
_zAfrica.
600 1 0 _aBlair, Tony,
_d1953-
650 0 _aEconomic assistance, British
_zAfrica
_xHistory.
655 1 _aElectronic Books.
856 4 0 _uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=514941&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518
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_bCynthia Snell
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_dCynthia Snell