Region-building in Africa [electronic resource] : political and economic challenges / edited by Daniel H. Levine and Dawn Nagar.
Levine, Daniel H., editor.; Nagar, Dawn, editor.
2016
JQ1873.5.R43 R44 2016eb
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Title
Region-building in Africa [electronic resource] : political and economic challenges / edited by Daniel H. Levine and Dawn Nagar.
ISBN
9781137586117 (electronic book)
1137586117 (electronic book)
9781137586100
9781137601575
Published
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
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1 online resource : illustrations
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JQ1873.5.R43 R44 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
320.54096
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.
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Levine, Daniel H., editor.
Nagar, Dawn, editor.
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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.

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