| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction / Daniel Levine, and Dawn Nagar -- Part I: Themes and concepts of region-building and regional integration in Africa -- Region-building debates in a global context / Louise Fawcett -- Regional integration in Africa: theory and practice / John Ravenhill -- A tale of three Cassandras: Jean Monnet, Raúl Prebisch, and Adebayo Adedeji / Adekeye Adebajo -- Part II: The political economy of Africa's region-building and regional integration initiatives -- Cross-border interactions and regionalism / Daniel Bach -- Infrastructure and regional integration in Africa / Afeikhena Jerome, and David Nabena -- African agency post-2015: the roles of regional powers and developmental states in regional integration / Timothy M. Shaw -- The political economy of Africa's region-building and regional integration / Samuel K.B. Asante -- Part III: The African Union (AU) and sub-regional organisations and initiatives -- The African Union and region integration in Africa / Kasaija Phillip Apuuli -- Region-building in southern Africa / Scott Taylor -- Region-building in eastern Africa / Gilbert M. Khadiagala -- COMESA and SADC: the era of convergence / Dawn Nagar -- Region-building in west Africa / Said Adejumobi -- Region-building in central Africa / René Lemarchand -- Region-building in north Africa / Azzedine Layachi -- Part IV: Comparative regional schemes: lessons for Africa -- Necessary but not automatic: how Europe learned to integrate / N. Piers Ludlow -- Lessons from Asia: the association of southeast Asian nations / Mely Caballero-Anthony -- Lessons from Latin America: MERCOSUR / Laura Goméz-Mera -- Conclusion / Daniel Levine |
| Summary |
This landmark book is the first of its kind to assess the challenges of African region-building and regional integration across all five African subregions and more than five decades of experience, considering both political and economic aspects. Leading scholars and practitioners have come together to analyze a range of entwined topics, such as the theoretical underpinnings that have informed Africa's regional integration trajectory; the political economy of integration; the complexities of integration in a context of weak states; the increasing salience of Africa's relationships with rising extra-regional economic powers like China and India; and comparative lessons from non-African regional blocs. A core argument of this book is that region-building must be recognized as a political project as much as--if not more than--an economic one; successful region-building in Africa will need to include the complex political tasks of strengthening state capacity, resolving long-standing conflicts over resources and political dominance, improving democratic governance, and developing legitimate and inclusive transnational political structures |
| Notes |
"Center for Conflict Resolution, Cape Town, South Africa." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Regionalism -- Africa
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International economic integration
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
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Intégration régionale.
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Organisations régionales.
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Coopération régionale.
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Union africaine.
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International economic integration
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Regionalism
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Regionalismus
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Integration Internationale Politik
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Wirtschaftliche Integration
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Régionalisme -- Afrique.
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Intégration économique internationale.
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Africa -- Economic integration
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Afrique.
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Africa
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Afrika
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Afrique -- Intégration économique.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Levine, Daniel H., editor.
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Nagar, Dawn, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781137586117 |
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1137586117 |
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1137586109 |
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9781137586100 |
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9781137601575 |
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1137601574 |
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