Description
In the years after 1989 African international relations was often analysed as a clash between international agencies and NGOS, on the one hand - who were bearers of international norms - and, on the other hand, African states -who were resisters of these norms. In different ways the papers in this panel challenge this understanding. They analyse African states own ideological projects, their contributions to peacekeeping norms and practices, the legitimation work of Chinese NGOS in Africa, and justifications for humanitarianism that go beyond the 'white saviour complex' alone.
