Region-building in Africa : Political and Economic Challenges / edited by Daniel H. Levine and Dawn Nagar.

Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

Format/Description:

Book
xxv, 348 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subjects:

Regionalism -- Africa.
International economic integration.
Africa -- Economic integration.
International economic integration
Regionalism.
Africa.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

"Center for Conflict Resolution, Cape Town, South Africa."
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributor:

Levine, Daniel H., editor.
Nagar, Dawn, editor.

ISBN:

9781137586100
1137586109
9781137601575
1137601574
9781137586124
9781137586117

OCLC:

921821830

Web link:

Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

Online:

Table of contents only
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1603/2015036164-t.html

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