Region-Building in Africa

Dawn Nagar

ISBN 10: 1137586109 / ISBN 13: 9781137586100

Edité par Palgrave Macmillan US Apr 2016, 2016

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This landmark book is the first of its kind to assess the challenges of African region-building and regional integration across all five African sub-regions and more than five decades of experience, considering both political and economic aspects. Leading scholars and practitioners come together to analyze a range of entwined topics, including: the theoretical underpinnings that have informed Africa's regional integration trajectory; the political economy of integration, including the sources of different 'waves' of integration in pan-Africanism and the reaction to neo-liberal economic pressures; the complexities of integration in a context of weak states and the informal regionalization that often occurs in 'borderlands'; the increasing salience of Africa's relationships with rising extra-regional economic powers, including China and India; and comparative lessons from non-African regional blocs, including the EU, ASEAN, and the Southern Common Market. A core argument of this book, running through all chapters, 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 (including states' capacity as 'developmental states' that can actively engage in economic planning), resolving long-standing conflicts over resources and political dominance, improving democratic governance, and developing trans-national political structures that are legitimate and inclusive. 376 pp. Englisch.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Region-Building in Africa
• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan US Apr 2016
• Date de parution: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1137586109
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781137586100
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 241 L x 160 H x 26 P (en millimètres) 241 millimètres de largeur par 160 millimètres de hauteur par 26 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 729 grammes

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Synopsis

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.

À propos de l?auteur

Daniel H. Levine is a consultant to the Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR), Cape Town, South Africa, and a Research Fellow at the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland, USA.

Dawn Nagar is a Researcher at the Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR), Cape Town, South Africa.