Regionalisation in Africa

Integration and Disintegration

Häftad, Engelska, 1999

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This text demonstrates that regionalization, assumed to have no effect or presence in Africa, is alive and well on that continent.Africa's regionalisation processes are closely intertwined with changing patterns of globalisation, where Africa is increasingly incorporated on a subordinate basis into the emerging global order. These studies examine various aspects of the impact of globalisation on Africa, the problems confronting regional integration, tensions within and between states, and the rise of an international informal economy.North America: Indiana U Press

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1999-08-19
Mått156 x 234 x 14 mm
Vikt396 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor256
FörlagJames Currey
ISBN9780852558263

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Part 1 Regionalism and globalization in sub-Saharan Africa: revisiting a paradigm, Daniel Bach; multilateralism and regionalism in international economic relations, Alice Landau; African regional economic integration and the European Union, Walter Kennes. Part 2 States and territories: crisis of the state and communalism - new ideological stakes in African integration, Dominique Darbon; boundaries and states in the new African order, Christopher Clapham; paradoxes and ambiguities of democratization, Abdoulaye Niandou Souley; is African civil society civilized?, Celestin Monga; the collapse of "Congo/Zaire" and its regional impact, Edouard Bustin; integration and disintegration in the Nigerian Federation, Rotimi Suberu; territoriality and institutional change in the new South Africa, Simon Bekker. Part 3 Regional organizations: integration in ECOWAS - successes and difficulties, Olatunde B.J. Ojo; failing institutions and shattered spaces - what regional integration in Central Africa?, Marc-Louis Ropivia; the renovation of UDEAC - sense and nonsense in Central African integration, Michel Lelart; the rival strategies of SADC and COMESA in Southern Africa, Peter Takirambudde; SACU and the Rand zone, Colin McCarthy. Part 4 Networks: cross-border trade in West Africa - the Gahan-Cote d'Ivoire frontier, Bruno Stary; personal networks and trans-frontier trade - Zairean and Congolese migrants, Janet MacGaffey and Remy Bazenguissa; the production and distribution of illicit drugs, Alain Labrousse.

As a severe indictment of the mistakes and delusions that have aggravated the poor economic condition of Africa in the independence era, this book will serve as an important reference for anyone actively following Africa's recent history - especially its vain attempts to overcome the colonial inheritance ... What it captures is ... an Africa constantly let down by its governments and institutions, and an Africa ready for change but unable to find its way forward. It is a true enough portrait, and painted by an impressive array of analysts.