06279nam 22007935 450 991025530280332120200629221214.01-137-58611-710.1057/9781137586117(CKB)3710000000685356(SSID)ssj0001674335(PQKBManifestationID)16473565(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001674335(PQKBWorkID)14790482(PQKB)11111307(DE-He213)978-1-137-58611-7(MiAaPQ)EBC4716309(PPN)242920721(EXLCZ)99371000000068535620160519d2016 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtccrRegion-Building in Africa Political and Economic Challenges /edited by Daniel H. Levine, Dawn Nagar1st ed. 2016.New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2016.1 online resource (XXV, 348 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-137-60157-4 1-137-58610-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.International relationsAfrica—Politics and governmentRegional economicsSpatial economicsEconomic developmentPolitical economyDevelopment economicsInternational Relationshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912000African Politicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911090Regional/Spatial Sciencehttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W49000Development Theoryhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/913010International Political Economyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912140Development Economicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W42000AfricaEconomic integrationInternational relations.Africa—Politics and government.Regional economics.Spatial economics.Economic development.Political economy.Development economics.International Relations.African Politics.Regional/Spatial Science.Development Theory.International Political Economy.Development Economics.320.54096Levine Daniel Hedthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtNagar Dawnedthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtBOOK9910255302803321Region-Building in Africa2499268UNINA