Ideas within a context of power
The African group in an evolving UNCTAD
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4829318 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kathryn C Lavelle (0000-0003-1854-8368, Cleveland State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 25-50 |
| Publication date | 2001-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022278x01003561 |
| OpenAlex | W2169019378 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 15 |
This article considers the diplomatic strategies of African states within an evolving United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). It proposes that the prominence of certain ideas about economic development rises and falls not so much as a result of the nature of the ideas themselves, but as a result of opportunities made and unmade by the world economy. The world economy in turn changes the work mandates of international economic organisations like UNCTAD. The trajectory of African diplomatic strategies is important because it calls into question recent literature in international relations theory focusing almost exclusively on the experiences of industrialised states. In the case of African ideas in UNCTAD, underlying variables associated with the world economy destroyed the remnants of the Group of 77 coalition which had served as an agent for African representatives in UNCTAD. African diplomats have tried to realise whatever objectives they can in the changed circumstances without necessarily changing their ideas about development
Context (archaeology) · Developing country · Economic growth · Economic power · Economics · Economy · Geography · International relations · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Trade and development · Asian Industrial and Economic Development · International Development and Aid · Law · World Systems and Global Transformations
The Precarious Balance
The Politics of Africa's Economic Stagnation
Structural conflict
Quasi-States
The State-Society Struggle
Africa and the International System
The Dominant Ideology Thesis
Gramsci, Historical Materialism and International Relations
Gramsci, Hegemony and International Relations
Development Cooperation after UNCTAD VI
Hemmed In
Labor and hegemony
Ideas, interests, and institutionalization
Introduction
Conclusion
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2024 (20) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |