Overview
Offers a theory-guided and systematic research of the emergence
Elaborates the multidimensional nature of regionalism with its variety of policy area
Questions its often disintegrating, dysfunctional, paralyzed, or symbolic functioning
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Comprehensive Mapping Studies
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Case Studies
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Conclusions
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About this book
This volume offers systematic research on regionalism in Africa and explores the role and impact of external partners on the dynamics, institutional design, and performance of regional integration projects. It acknowledges and elaborates the multilevel and multidimensional nature of regionalism, with its variety of cooperative institutions and policy areas, while closely considering uneven relationships to external actors in African regional organizations. The book’s two comprehensive mapping studies examine patterns of asymmetric inter-dependence between regionalism in Africa and external partners in Europe, with a focus on trade and donor funding, and highlight structural imbalances and (un)intended consequences. Five additional case studies provide in-depth analyses of a variety of African regional organizations, mainly with a focus on security regionalism, and elaborate how external partners influence and affect integration processes and projects. Although regionalism in Africa benefitted from external relations and partnerships with Europe, contributions in this volume question this positive impression, highlighting some of the major undermining factors and actors.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Regionalism in Africa and External Partners
Book Subtitle: Uneven Relationships and (Un)Intended Effects
Editors: Johannes Muntschick
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10702-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-10701-6Published: 07 October 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-10704-7Published: 08 October 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-10702-3Published: 06 October 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 245
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Regionalism, Foreign Policy, International Security Studies, International Relations Theory, International Organization