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Genre/Form: | Thèses et écrits académiques |
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Additional Physical Format: | L'action internationale stratégique de la Libye en Afrique noire, 1969-1990 / Henri-Marcel Noah Lille : Atelier national de reproduction des thèses, 1991 2 microfiches. (@Lille-thèses) (ABES)054511968 |
Named Person: | Muʻammar al- Qad̲d̲āfī |
Material Type: | Thesis/dissertation, Manuscript |
Document Type: | Book, Archival Material |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Henri-Marcel Noah; Jean-Louis Martres; Charles Zorgbibe; Jean-Claude Gautron; Jean-Louis Seurin; Université Bordeaux-I (1971-2013).; Université Bordeaux-I. Faculté de droit, des sciences sociales et politiques |
OCLC Number: | 489787587 |
Description: | 2 vol. (567 f.) : cartes, tabl. ; 30 cm. |
Responsibility: | Henri-Marcel Noah ; sous la direction de Jean-Louis Martres. |
Abstract:
LIBYAN IS CONSIDERATED AS A POWER WHOSE STRENGTH IS SYMBOLISED BY A CAPACITY TO CONTROL ITS INTERNAL STRUCTURES, AND TO ACT THROUGH A DUAL STRUCTURE: ONEY AND ARMS ACQUIRED THROUGH EXCHANGE WITH THE WEST. THE LIBYAN SYSTEM REVEALS A PARADOX POWERED BY FINANCIAL RESOURCES OUT OF PROPORTION TO ITS HUMAN RESOURCES. LIBYAN BEHAVES AS A MICRO-ETAT PROSPECTING FOR RESOURCES TO DEVELOP IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH ITS "WISHEDFOR" STRENGTH. GADDAFI THEREFORE DEFINES THE PRINCIPLES OF HIS STRATEGIC CONDUCT AS A SET OF ACTIONS, TOWARDS THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM AS A CONQUIERING AUTHORITY, VIS-A VIS THE AFRICANS HE TRIES TO DOMINATE OR DEFEAT THROUGH WEAKENING OR DESTROYING THEM. HE TRIES TO MANIPULATE AFRICANS WHO, IN TURN, SHOW THEIR FLEXIBILITY TOWARDS THE LIBYAN OFFERS. GADDAFI, BY HIS AGITATIONS, CREATES A SPECTABLE IN OPPOSING THE WEST, FROM FRANCE TO UNITED STATES: BY DEFYING THE USA AND BY IRRITATING FRANCE, HE DEMONSTRATES HIS CAPACITY FOR NUISSANCE. MEANWHILE, WESTERN POWERS ARE USINGHIM TO SHOW AFRICANS THAT THEY CAN HELP REDUCE LIBYA'S CAPACITY TO PROJECT ITS POWER EXTERNALLY; AND AFRICANS USE GADDAFI TO PRESSURISE WESTERN POWERS, AND VICE VERSA. GADDAFI THUS BECOMES A MANIPULATOR MANIPULATED. HE APPEARS CAPABLE OF STRUCTURING HIS INTERNAL SYSTEM BUT, THIS INTERNAL LIBERTY IS NOT REFLECTED EXTERNALLY. HENCE HIS EXTERNAL FAILURES. LI BYA POSSESSES A FORM OF POWER THAT DOES NOT PERMIT IT TO COMPEL OTHER ACTORS TO DO WHAT THEY WOULDNOT OTHERWEISE HAVE DONE.
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- Qad̲d̲āfī, Muʻammar al- -- (1942-2011).
- Politique et gouvernement -- Libye -- 1969-2011.
- Relations extérieures -- Libye -- Afrique subsaharienne.
- Relations extérieures -- Afrique subsaharienne -- Libye.
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