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Title New engagement : contemporary Australian foreign policy towards Africa / edited by David Mickler and Tanya Lyons
Published Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Publishing, 2013
Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Publishing, 2013
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 MELB  327.9406 Mic/Nec  AVAILABLE
Description xviii, 264 pages : map ; 21 cm
Series MUP academic monographs
Summary Developments in Africa & Australia have brought the continents closer together. In Africa, a resources boom, greater political stability, creation of new regional institutions have contributed to economic & human development, even if many challenges including conflict, & exploitation remain. Mickler at Uni of Melbourne, Lyons at Flinders Uni
Recent developments in both Africa and Australia have brought the two continents closer together. In Africa, a resources boom, greater political stability, and the creation of the new regional institutions have contributed to economic and human development, even if many challenges including conflict, poverty and exploitation remain. Australia has commercial and political interests in Africa and, if it wants to be a significant global actor, must engage with both Africa's challenges and its growing international influence. Since coming to power in 2007, Australian Labor governments have pursued 'new engagement' with Africa after decades of relative neglect. This book, the first study of its kind, explores the key contexts for and dimensions of contemporary Australian foreign policy towards Africa. It highlights a deepening of diplomatic and political relations, a trebling of the official aid budget to Africa, and over $50 billion of Australian-based investment in Africa's resources sector, and suggests measures to make such engagement sustainable and of mutual benefit. Contributions to the book come from academics, civil servants, diplomats and politicians
Analysis Africa
Australian
Foreign policy
Diplomatic relations
International relations
International relations (Australia,Africa)
Political issues (Australia,Africa)
Rudd, Kevin
International aid
Rudd, Kevin, MP
Trade
Notes "With a foreword by Kevin Rudd MP." -- Cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [230]-253) and index
SUBJECT Africa -- Foreign relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001553 -- Australia. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326
Australia -- Foreign relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009588 -- Africa. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001531
Author Lyons, Tanya, editor
Mickler, David, editor
ISBN 9780522862614 (paperback)