𝔖 Scriptorium
✦   LIBER   ✦

πŸ“

Region-Building in Africa: Political and Economic Challenges

✍ Scribed by Daniel H. Levine, Dawn Nagar (eds.)


Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
Year
2016
Tongue
English
Leaves
367
Edition
1
Category
Library

⬇  Acquire This Volume

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis


This book is a comprehensive effort to assess the challenges of region-building and regional integration in Africa, reviewing over five decades of experience. It looks in depth at all five African sub-regions and draws comparative lessons from Europe, Asia and Latin America.

✦ Table of Contents


Front Matter....Pages i-xxv
Introduction....Pages 1-17
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Region-Building Debates in a Global Context....Pages 21-36
Regional Integration in Africa: Theory and Practice....Pages 37-52
A Tale of Three Cassandras: Jean Monnet, RaΓΊl Prebisch, and Adebayo Adedeji....Pages 53-67
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
Cross-Border Interactions and Regionalism....Pages 71-88
Infrastructure and Regional Integration in Africa....Pages 89-108
African Agency Post-2015: The Roles of Regional Powers and Developmental States in Regional Integration....Pages 109-126
The Political Economy of Africa’s Region-Building and Regional Integration....Pages 127-140
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
The African Union and Regional Integration in Africa....Pages 143-156
Region-Building in Southern Africa....Pages 157-174
Region-Building in Eastern Africa....Pages 175-190
COMESA and SADC: The Era of Convergence....Pages 191-212
Region-Building in West Africa....Pages 213-230
Region-Building in Central Africa....Pages 231-244
Region-Building in North Africa....Pages 245-263
Front Matter....Pages 265-265
Necessary but Not Automatic: How Europe Learned to Integrate....Pages 267-282
Lessons from Asia: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations....Pages 283-296
Lessons from Latin America: MERCOSUR....Pages 297-312
Conclusion....Pages 313-324
Back Matter....Pages 325-348

✦ Subjects


International Relations;African Politics;Regional/Spatial Science;Development Theory;Political Economy;Development Economics


πŸ“œ SIMILAR VOLUMES


Politics and Pan-Africanism: Diplomacy,
✍ Dawn Nagar πŸ“‚ Library πŸ“… 2020 πŸ› I.B. Tauris 🌐 English

Offering an examination of the diplomatic and economic regional power structures in Africa and their relationships with each other, Dawn Nagar discusses the potential and future of pan-Africanism. The three primary regional economic communities (RECs) that are recognised by the African Union as the

Regional Integration, Trade and Industry
✍ Helmut Asche πŸ“‚ Library πŸ“… 2021 πŸ› Springer 🌐 English

<p><span>This book examines the past, present and prospects of regional economic integration in Africa. The empirical analysis ranges from unions formed during the years following independence, to the proposed African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which aims to remove trade barriers between

Neoliberalism and Resistance in South Af
✍ Shaukat Ansari πŸ“‚ Library πŸ“… 2021 πŸ› Palgrave Macmillan 🌐 English

<span>This book critically examines the persistence of market orthodoxy in post-apartheid South Africa and the civil society resistance such policies have generated over a twenty-five-year period. Each chapter unpacks the key political coalitions and economic dynamics, domestic as well as global, th

Regional Resurgence in Africa: Prospects
✍ Sandipani Dash πŸ“‚ Library πŸ“… 2017 πŸ› Vij Books India 🌐 English

Regional Resurgence in Africa: Prospects and Challenges of African Union perceives the AU as a Pan-African entity with its mandate for 'comprehensive security' in the continent, implying its pursuit of three security objectives: resolution of armed conflicts, political stability and economic securit

Energy Regulation in Africa: Dynamics, C
✍ Ishmael Ackah (editor), Charly Gatete (editor) πŸ“‚ Library πŸ“… 2024 πŸ› Springer 🌐 English

<p><span>This book analyzes the political economy governing energy regulation across the African continent. Presenting case studies that span diverse energy sectors and countries, it provides an overview of their complex political and regulatory frameworks. The book explores emerging technologies an