Pan Africanism, Regional Integration and Development in Africa

✍ Scribed by Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba (editor)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 335
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This edited volume addresses the accomplishments, prospects and challenges of regional integration processes on the African continent. Since regional integration is a process that ebbs and flows according to a wide range of variables such as changing political and economic conditions, implications and factors derived from the vagaries of migration and climate change, it is crucial to be cognizant with how these variables impact regional integration initiatives. The contributors discuss the debates on Pan-Africanism and linking it with ongoing discourses and policies on regional integration in Africa. Other aspects of the book contain some of the most important topic issues such as migration, border management and the sustainable development goals. This content offers readers fresh and innovative perspectives on various aspects of sustainable development and regional growth in Africa.

✦ Table of Contents

Pan Africanism,Regional Integration and Development in Africa
Preface
Contents
List of Charts
List of Tables
Notes on Contributors
Chapter 1: Pan-Africanism, Regional Integration and Development in Africa
References
Part I: Pan-Africanism and Regional Integration in Africa
Chapter 2: Pan-Africanism and Regionalism in Africa: The Journey So Far
Introduction
Understanding Pan-Africanism in the Era of African Integration
Pan-Africanism and African Regionalism in Historical Perspective
Monrovia Strategy, Lagos Plan of Action, Abuja Treaty, and African Regional Architecture
Appraising Pan-African Integration
Conclusion
References
Chapter 3: Regional Cooperation for Development: The African Union Experience
Introduction
Understanding Regional Cooperation for Development
Historicizing the AU and the Objectives of Regional Cooperation for Development
AU and the Regional Cooperation for Development Experience
New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)
Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)
African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA)
Conclusion
References
Chapter 4: The African Union and the International Criminal Court: An Analysis of Al-Bashir’s International Arrest Warrant
Introduction
Framework of Analysis: W.E.B. Du Bois’ Philosophy of Pan-Africanism
The International Criminal Court and Former President Al-Bashir of Sudan
The ICC and the AU: A Cat and Mouse Game?
The ICC: An Acid Test for Pan-African Solidarity
Conclusion
References
Chapter 5: Capacity Imperatives for the Realization of the African Continental Free Trade Area: Issues and Policy Options
Introduction
The African Continental Free Trade Area in the Context of Africa
Capacity Challenges for the African Continental Free Trade
Area Overview of Capacity Issues in Africa
The African Continental Free Trade Area-Related Capacities
Framework for Tackling the Capacity Issues for the Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area
Proposed Actions for the Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area Actions at the Continental, Regional and Country Levels
Development of Capacity Development Plans
Suggested Research Agenda
Conclusion
References
Chapter 6: Regional Integration and the Political Economy of Morocco’s Desire for Membership in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Introduction
Conceptual and Theoretical Issues
ECOWAS and Integration: An Empirical Exploration
Existing RIAs, Agreements and Plausibility of Morocco’s ECOWAS Membership
Morocco and ECOWAS: Added Economic Utility or Unnecessary Encroachment?
Regional Hegemonic Contention and Morocco’s Quest: State Versus Non-state Preferences
Conclusion: Should Morocco Be Admitted into ECOWAS?
References
Chapter 7: The Red Herring of Identity in Africa: Using Identity Conflicts to Capture State Power and Inculcate Economic Avarice in the Central African Republic
Introduction
Bipartisan Conflict and the Ongoing Violence in CAR
State Structure and Economic Development
Economic Extraction, Political Leadership and Instability
Conclusion
References
Chapter 8: Mediatizing and Gendering Pan-Africanism for ‘Glocal’ Impacts
Introduction
Media in Pan-Africanism
Gender in Pan-Africanism
Mediatizing and Gendering Pan-Africanism
Global-Local Impacts and Concluding Remarks
References
Part II: Dynamics of Global Development, Migration and Public Administration
Chapter 9: The Politics of Paternalism and Implications of Global Governance on Africa: A Critique of the Sustainable Development Goals
Introduction
Paternalism in Africa: From the Past to the Present
Paternalism and the Sustainable Development Goals: Reflections on the White Saviour Industrial Complex
Pan-Africanism and the Prospects of African Agency
Conclusion
References
Chapter 10: The Construction of African Immigrants in Contemporary South Africa and Social Cohesion: Reflections on the Role of the Media
Introduction
The Media, Moral Panics and the Option for Social Cohesion
The Media Framing of African Immigrants and Xenophobia
Conclusion
References
Chapter 11: On Globalisation, a World Class City, Poverty and Security in Johannesburg’s Inner City
Introduction
Neoliberal Developments in Johannesburg Inner City
Johannesburg Inner City Renewal, the Fate of Street Traders and the Aftermath
Conclusion
References
Chapter 12: The State Bureaucracies and Development in Africa: Interrogating the Link
Introduction
Theoretical Foundation: Max Weber Bureaucracy
Historicizing African Public Administrative System
Public Service Reforms in Africa
Conclusion
References
Chapter 13: Bureaucracy and Crisis of Development in Prismatic Cum Post-Colonial African States: An Ethical Review
Introduction
Conceptual Clarification
The Concept of Bureaucracy
Development
Ritualization of Bureaucracy: Between Legitimatization or Crisis of Development in Africa
African Bureaucracy and Failed Economic Performance
Bureaucracy, Ritualization and Bureau Pathetic Behaviour in Africa
Theoretical Framework of Analysis
Conclusion and Recommendations
References
Chapter 14: Building Capacities for Border Administrators Along Nigeria’s International Boundaries
Introduction
Conceptual Issues
What Is Border Administration?
Border Administrators Along Nigeria’s International Boundaries
The Role of Border Administrators Along Nigeria’s International Boundaries
Challenges of Border Administrators
Enhancing Capacities of Border Administrators
Conclusion
References
Chapter 15: Explaining Nigeria’s Diaspora Communities’ Transmogrification: From State Partners to Challengers
Introduction
Conceptual Clarifications: Diaspora and Transnational Communities
Review of Relevant Literature
Theoretical Framework: Securitization and De-securitization of Diaspora Communities
Nigerian Diaspora Remittances and National Security
Explaining the Diaspora’s Transmogrification from State Partners to Challengers
Globalization
Remittances
Identity Conflicts
New Media
Corruption and Government Policies
New Standards of Civilization: Human and People’s Rights
Conclusion and Recommendations
References
Chapter 16: Diaspora Remittances and Sustainable Development in Africa: The Case Study of Nigeria
Introduction
Conceptual Framework
Diaspora
African Diaspora
Nigerian Diaspora: Towards Explanation
Sustainable Development
Theoretical Underpinning
Methodology
Diasporas and Remittance Flows in Nigeria
Diagnoses of Nigerian Diaspora in Sustainable Development
Conclusion and Recommendations
References
Chapter 17: International Law and Violence Against Women
Introduction
Non-Binding Instruments and Their Limitation
The 1948 Universal Declaration on Human Rights
Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1967)
Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict (1974)
The 1985 UN Resolution 40/36 on Domestic Violence
The 1990 UN Resolution 45/114 on Domestic Violence
The 1994 Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women
The 1995 Beijing Platform for Action
The 2004 UN Resolution 58/147 on the Elimination of Domestic Violence Against Women
Other UN Non-Binding Initiatives
Normative Force of Non-Binding Instruments Pertaining to VAW
Binding Instruments
The UN Charter
The 1952–1962 Women’s Conventions
The Two 1966 International Covenants (ICCPR and ICESCR)
The 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
Concluding Remarks
References
International Instruments
References
Websites
Index