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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826630203321

Autore

Welz Martin

Titolo

Integrating Africa : decolonization's legacies, sovereignty, and the African Union / / Martin Welz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-283-64373-1

0-203-10145-6

1-136-23519-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

Routledge global institutions series ; ; 68

Disciplina

341.249

Soggetti

Pan-Africanism

African cooperation

Africa Economic integration

Africa Politics and government 1960-

Africa Foreign relations 1960-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Case selection -- Zimbabwe -- Swaziland -- Algeria -- Ethiopia -- Burkina Faso -- South Africa -- Uganda -- Mauritius -- Conclusion and outlook.

Sommario/riassunto

The African Union (AU) is a continental organization that comprises every African state except for Morocco, is indeed a pioneering undertaking. Its ambitious aim is to integrate all member states, with the ultimate goal of forming the United States of Africa. Despite several attempts to build a union, the AU has remained an intergovernmental organization, one reason being a perceived unwillingness of the AU states to pool their national sovereignties. ?This study seeks to comprehend why Africa's integration process has not moved towards a supranational organization, using a no