New engagement : contemporary Australian foreign policy towards Africa / edited by David Mickler and Tanya Lyons.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mickler, David, editor.

Lyons, Tanya, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diplomatic relations.

Africa--Foreign relations--Australia.

Africa.

Australia--Foreign relations--Africa.

Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 2013.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Acronyms

List of Tables and Figures

Notes on Contributors

Foreword Kevin Rudd

Introduction: Locating Australian Engagement with Africa David Mickler and Tanya Lyons

Part I: Contexts for Australian Engagement with Africa

1 Engaging with Contemporary Africa: Key Contexts for External Actors

2 National Interests and Altruism in Australian Foreign Policy Towards Africa

3 The JSCFADT Inquiry into Australia's Relations with the Countries of Africa

4 A South African Perspective on Australian Engagement with Africa

5 Australia, North Africa and the Arab Spring: Engaging Beyond Trade and Security?

Part II: Dimensions of Australia's 'New Engagement' with Africa

6 Australian Investment and Trade with Africa: The Opportunities and Challenges of a One-Dimensional Relationship

7 Australian Interests and Responsibilities in the African Resources Boom

8 Australian Development Policy in Africa

9 Australia and Insecurity in Africa: New Interests and Influence

10 Migration and Australian Foreign Policy Towards Africa: The Place of Australia's African Transnational Communities

11 Education in Australia's Relationship with Africa

Conclusion: Evaluating Australia's 'New Engagement' with Africa David Mickler and Tanya Lyons

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780522862638

0522862632

OCLC:

1088338312