Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Engaging a changing global order -- Introduction / John W. H arbeson -- Part II. Historical parameters -- The heritage of colonialis m / Crawford Young -- Africa and the world economy / Todd Moss -- Afric a and other civilizations: conquest and counter conquest / Ali Mazrui - - Part III. African states and the state system -- Democracy, autocracy , and the state / John W. Harbeson -- Civil society and rights based di scourses / Aili Mari Tripp -- The international factor in African warfa re / Will Reno -- Inter-African negotiations / I. William Zartman -- Af rican regionalism / Ulf Engel -- Part IV. Global engagement -- Bilatera l v. multilateral peacekeeping / Carrie Manning & Louis-Alexandre Berg -- Sudan: a fragile peace / Princeton Lyman -- War in the Great Lakes R egion / Filip Reyntjens -- The grow of China in Africa / Ian Taylor -- Responsible sovereignty / Francis Deng.