Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics
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牛津研究政治百科全书
DOI：
10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.709
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2018
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Fisher J
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国际关系理论往往忽视非洲和非洲人在国际体系中的作用。传统上，该学科最有影响力的理论家专注于“大国”之间的关系和观点。然而，越来越多的工作对这些在国际政治中将非洲机构概念化的有限努力提出了挑战。该奖学金强调了非洲国家在塑造国际机构议程方面的重要空间，以及非洲政府和宣传网络在影响围绕援助，发展，贸易，气候变化和移民等问题的重大国际辩论轨迹方面的作用。国际政治中的非洲主体研究一直存在两个关键问题：“主体”和“非洲人”的含义。许多文献主要关注非洲国家的作用和影响，而不是非洲公民和社区的作用和影响。这一重点最多只能部分和有条件地说明如何在全球一级确保和行使非洲的代理权，特别是考虑到全球经济和政治不平等对非洲造成的重大结构性限制。当代分析对非洲参与国际体系的广度的把握也受到当前以国家为中心的方法的影响。因此，有必要审查学者们采取的一系列方法，以深化和细微差别的国际政治中的非洲机构的研究，包括工作的设置，中层动态和微观动态。
International Relations theory has tended to overlook the role of Africa and Africans in the international system. Traditionally, the discipline’s most influential theorists have focused instead on relationships between and perspectives of “major powers.” A growing body of work, however, has challenged these more limited efforts to conceptualize African agency in international politics. This scholarship has emphasized the significant space available to, and carved-out by, African states in molding the agendas of international institutions, and the role of African governments and advocacy networks in influencing the trajectory of major international debates around issues such as aid, development, trade, climate change, and migration. The study of African agency in international politics continues to wrestle with two key debates: the meanings of “agency” and “African.” Much of the literature focuses primarily on the role and influence of African states rather than that of African citizens and communities. This focus provides, at best, only a partial and qualified view of the ways in which African agency is secured and exercised at the global level, particularly given the significant structural constraints imposed on Africa by global economic and political inequalities. The extent to which contemporary analysis captures the breadth of African engagement with the international system is also compromised by current state-centric approaches. It is thus necessary to examine a range of approaches adopted by scholars to deepen and nuance the study of African agency in international politics, including work on agenda-setting, mesolevel dynamics and microlevel dynamics.