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Punching above Weight: How the African Union Commission Exercises Agency in Politics

Afrikaspectrum, 2021-12, Vol.56 (3), p.254-273 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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  • Title:
    Punching above Weight: How the African Union Commission Exercises Agency in Politics
  • Author: Tieku, Thomas Kwasi
  • Coffie, Amanda ; Tiky, Lembe
  • Subjects: Agreements ; Bureaucracy ; Bureaucrats ; Chief executive officers ; Civil service ; Decision making ; Development policy ; International organizations ; International relations ; Leadership ; Pan-Africanism ; Policy making ; Treaties ; Tribunals & commissions
  • Is Part Of: Afrikaspectrum, 2021-12, Vol.56 (3), p.254-273
  • Description: Conventional narratives suggest that the African Union Commission (AUC), like most international public administrations and international organisations (IOs) housed in the less materially endowed regions of the world, exercises no meaningful agency on international issues. This article however seeks to show that the AUC is neither a glorified messenger and docile follower of orders of governments nor is it an empty vessel that timidly goes where the wind of governments blows. Rather, the AUC exercises significant agency on issues that affect not just the African continent but also the broader international system. The AUC is often at the heart of international agenda-setting, norm development, decision-making, rule creation, policy development, and it sometimes offer strategic leadership. The article demonstrates six pathways through which the AUC acts like a tail wagging a dog.
  • Publisher: London, England: SAGE Publications
  • Language: English;French;German
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0002-0397
    EISSN: 1868-6869
    DOI: 10.1177/0002039721990394
  • Source: IngentaConnect Free/Open Access Journals
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    ProQuest Central
    DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
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