HISTORY 2JJ3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 28: Wage Labour, Good Governance, Environmental Policy
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Richard reid, horror, hubris and humanity: the international engagement with africa, 1914-2014, . In 2001 tony blair said the poverty in africa was a scar on the worlds conscience: the uk"s mission was to save africa. Continuality in the conceptualization and engagement with africa: a place that needs rescuing from poverty, violence, and disease, seen as a place of terrible suffering which only well meaning foreigners can alleviate. Focus of the article is international engagement w african rather than africa"s engagement with the international environment: concern is w external rather than internal change. Important to keep in mind the extent in which post colonial elites sought to manipulate external relationships for their own gain. After the cold war there was emphasis on good governance and econ/social development: talk of a new scramble for africa by china. Over the last century africa has been a fertile field for the production.