Includes bibliographical references and index.

Africa in world politics : amid renewal, deepening crisis / John. W. Harbeson -- The heritage of colonialism / Crawford Young -- Africa and the world political economy : still caught between a rock and a hard place / Thomas M. Callaghy -- Africa and other civilizations : conquest and counterconquest / Ali A. Mazrui -- Dependent by default : Africa's relations with the European Union / John Ravenhill -- Post-cold war politics in the Horn of Africa : the quest for political identity intensified / John W. Harbeson -- South Africa and southern Africa after apartheid / Jeffrey Herbst --Francophone Africa in the context of Franco-African relations / Guy Martin -- The Lagos three : economic regionalism in sub-Saharan Africa / Carol Lancaster -- The United States and conflict management in Africa / Donald Rothchild -- Inter-African negotiation / I. William Zartman -- Promoting democracy in Africa : U.S. and international policies in transition / Larry Diamond -- Political and military security / Herman J. Cohen -- Reconciling sovereignty with responsibility : a basis for international humanitarian action / Francis M. Deng.