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Region-Building in Africa = Political and Economic Challenges /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Region-Building in Africa/ edited by Daniel H. Levine, Dawn Nagar.
Reminder of title:	Political and Economic Challenges /
other author:	Levine, Daniel H.
Description:	XXV, 348 p.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	International relations. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137586117
ISBN:	9781137586117

Region-Building in Africa = Political and Economic Challenges /
Region-Building in AfricaPolitical and Economic Challenges /[electronic resource] :edited by Daniel H. Levine, Dawn Nagar. - 1st ed. 2016. - XXV, 348 p.online resource.

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.

ISBN: 9781137586117

Standard No.: 10.1057/9781137586117doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

554886
International relations.

LC Class. No.: JZ2-6530

Dewey Class. No.: 327

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