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Converging Practices and Governace in West Africa : = Examining Regional Convergence in the Economic Community of West African States.

Record Type:	Language materials, manuscript : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Converging Practices and Governace in West Africa :/
Reminder of title:	Examining Regional Convergence in the Economic Community of West African States.
Author:	Balogun, Emmanuel A.
Description:	1 online resource (249 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-03(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International79-03A(E).
Subject:	International relations. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9780355252095

Converging Practices and Governace in West Africa : = Examining Regional Convergence in the Economic Community of West African States.
Balogun, Emmanuel A.

Converging Practices and Governace in West Africa :Examining Regional Convergence in the Economic Community of West African States. - 1 online resource (249 pages)

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-03(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)

Includes bibliographical references

This dissertation examines the role of practitioners in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in driving regional cooperation in West Africa. ECOWAS practitioners, called "Ecocrats" help change and define the scope of regional governance practices in West Africa. This research identifies the mechanisms that drive regional convergence---the process in which regional political practices become more constant, as illustrated in areas of peace and security, finance, and public health. Using process tracing and interview data from ECOWAS practitioners and West African-based Civil Society organizations, this project examines how Ecocrats network West Africa through its engagement with non-state regional stakeholders. In understanding the role of Ecocrats, this work emphasizes the governance practices of ECOWAS, its various institutional forms, and cooperation between and among states and non-state actors in West Africa beyond solely legalistic frameworks of integration. This dissertation argues that regional convergence is strongest where ECOWAS engages in deep forms of institutionalization, defined through the process by which modes of behavior and practices become more dependable and durable.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780355252095Subjects--Topical Terms:

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International relations.
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