SOAS University of London

Department of Politics and International Studies

Dr Tom Young

BSc, MA, MA (Phil), PhD (London)
  • Overview
  • Teaching
  • Research
  • Expertise
  • Publications

Overview

Teaching

PhD Students supervised
  • Akok Madut, South Sudan's Engagement with China: The Foreign Policy of a Liberation Movement in Government
  • Calum Fisher, Being political in Malawi: The lives and work of MPs

Research

International and domestic politics of Southern Africa 
Political theory and ideology 
The State and Politics in Africa (BA)

Expertise

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Available for
Regional Expertise
  • Africa
Country Expertise
  • South Africa
Languages

Publications

Authored Books

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Young, Tom (2018) Neither Devil nor Child: How Western Attitudes harm Africa. London: Oneworld Publications.

Young, Tom (2010) Africa: A Beginner's Guide. Oxford & New York: Oneworld.

Young, Thomas and Hall, M (1997) Confronting Leviathan: Mozambique since Independence. C. Hurst and Co..

Articles

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Young, Thomas (2002) 'Democracy in Africa?'. Africa, (vol. 7), pp 482-495.

Young, Thomas (2002) 'You Europeans, You Are Just Like Fish!: Some Sceptical Reflections on Modernity and Democratisation in Africa'. Cadernos dos Estudos Africanos, (vol. 3), pp 111-125.

Young, Thomas (1999) 'The State and Politics in Africa'. Journal of Southern African Studies, (25), pp 149-154.

Edited Books or Journals

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Young, Tom, (ed.), (2016) Readings in the International Relations of Africa. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. (Readings in African Studies).

Young, Thomas, (ed.), (2004) Readings in African Politics. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. (Readings in African Studies).

Book Chapters

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Young, Tom and Williams, David (2007) 'The World Bank and the Liberal Project'. The World Bank Development Poverty Hegemony. Scottsville, South Africa: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press.

Young, Thomas (2002) 'A Project to be realised': Global Liberalism and a New World Order'. In: Hovden, E and Keene, E, (eds.), The Globalisation of Liberalism. Basingstoke: Palgrave (UK), pp 173-190.

Young, Thomas (1998) 'Rights as Discourse and Practice in Contemporary Politics and International Relations'. In: Fritz/M, J, (ed.), Value Pluralism Normative Theory and International Relations. Basingstoke: Macmillan, pp 24-40.

Young, Thomas (1997) 'A Victim of Modernity? Explaining the War in Mozambique'. In: P, eds, (ed.), The Counter-Insurgent State Guerrilla Warfare and State Building in the Twentieth Century. Macmillan, pp 120-152.

 

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