@article{1461458,
      recid = {1461458},
      author = {Magu, Stephen M.,},
      title = {Towards Pan-Africanism : Africa's cooperation through  regional economic communities (RECs), ubuntu and  communitarianism /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xxii, 354 pages)},
      abstract = {This book traces the development and impact of regional  economic communities (RECs) in Africa and addresses a  timely question: do REC members, and the REC itself,  positively influence member states' behaviors towards other  members and more broadly, regionally and continentally due  to REC membership? 'Changing member states' behaviors' is  measured across three 'interconnected, fundamental  dimensions of societal-systems' proposed by Marshall and  Elzinga Marshall in CSP's Global Repot 2017. These are i)  the persistence of conflict or its counterpoint, achieving  peace, ii) fostering democratization and better governance,  and iii) achieving socio-economic development and (as  proposed by this research, a fourth dimension), iv) being  active participants in multilateralism? Is membership in a  REC ultimately beneficial to the member and other countries  in the region? While there are no clear and obvious - at  least, discernible traditional - benefits such as increase  in trade (perhaps because Africa's overall trade relative  to the world is about 3 percent), there are other non trade  benefits (e.g., decrease in conflict, coercion to take  certain actions towards peace and refrain from others,  coups and wars) presenting in REC member states. These  in/actions, abilities, coercions, exclusions and  cooperation instances are outlined and discussed in the  book. Stephen M. Magu is Assistant Professor of Political  Science at Norfolk State University, USA. Stephen holds a  PhD in International Studies (2013, ODU), a Master of  Social Work degree (2007, WashU) degree from Washington  University in St. Louis and a Bachelor of Education (Arts)  degree from Kenyatta University (1999, KU).},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1461458},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8944-5},
}