This seminar was hosted at City University London on 14 September 2011. It was part of a series organised by the Open University and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council with additional funding from BISA.
Dr David Williams is head of the Department of International Politics at City University London. This paper explores the question of what might be meant by a specifically state agency. The paper is primarily theoretical, but it is inspired by recent ev...
Dr Danielle Beswick is a Lecturer in the International Development Department, University of Birmingham, and Director of the Research Group on Statebuilding in Difficult Environments. Reflecting the contention that politics should be seen in systemic p...
Professor Chris Landsberg is Head of the Department of Politics at the University of Johannesberg. This paper, given at the "African Agency: Implications for IR Theory" seminar at City University London in September 2011, seeks to explore the challenge...
Dr Carl Death is Lecturer in International Politics at Aberystwyth University. This paper, given at the "African Agency: Implications for IR Theory" seminar at City University London in September 2011, argues that by treating governmentality as an anal...
Dr William Brown is Senior Lecturer in Government and Politics at the Open University. This paper, given at the "African Agency: Implications for IR Theory" seminar at City University London in September 2011, considers some of the substantive and theo...
Dr Stefan Andreasson is Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics at Queen's University Belfast. This paper, given at the "African Agency: Implications for IR theory" seminar at City University London in September 2011 examines ‘African agency’ in an...