Author: Publisher:
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Category : Africa, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Proceedings of the ... FOPRISA Annual Conference
Author: The Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the European Union (EU)
Author: Johannes MuntschickPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319453300
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
This book explores regionalism in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and highlights the influence of the European Union (EU) as an extra-regional actor on the organization and integration process. The analysis is guided by theory and explains the emergence, institutional design and performance of SADC’s major integration projects in the issue areas of the economy, security and infrastructure. It provides in this way a profound assessment of the organization as a whole. The study shows that South Africa plays a regional key role as driver for integration while external influence of the EU is ambivalent in character because it unfolds a supportive or obstructive impact. The author argues that the EU gains influence over regional integration processes in the SADC on the basis of patterns of asymmetric interdependence and becomes a ‘game-changer’ insofar as it facilitates or impedes solutions to regional cooperation problems.
Regional Organizations in African Security
Author: Fredrik SoderbaumPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131798577X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
The African continent is plagued by some of the most brutal and violent conflicts in the world. At the same time that warfare is changing, so has the state’s capacity to provide security and political stability to its citizens. This book deals with the role of regional organizations in Africa’s security. It focuses on three basic—yet often overlooked—questions: (1) the advantages and disadvantages of African regional and sub-regional organizations vis-à-vis other security mechanisms, (2) the official and unofficial reasons to intervene, and (3) whether security is actually protected by the peace activities carried out by the regional organizations. The contributors to the book—all leading researchers in the field—systematically assess and compare the role of the African Union (AU), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). This book was based on a special issue of African Security.
South Africa after Apartheid
Author: Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004326731
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
As South Africa has entered the third decade after the end of apartheid, this book aims at taking stock of the post-apartheid dynamics in the, so far, often less-comprehensively analysed, but crucial fields of APRM-relevant politics, social development, land and regional relations. In the first part of the book an analysis of some structuring domestic features of post-apartheid South Africa is provided, with a focus on political processes and debates around gender, HIV/AIDS and religion. The second part of the volume focuses on the land question and part three is looking at South Africa’s role in the Southern African region. Contributors are: Nancy Andrew, Nicholas Dietrich, Ulf Engel, Harvey M. Feinberg, Anna-Maria Gentili, Preben Kaarsholm, Mandisa Mbali, David Moore, Arrigo Pallotti, Roberta Pellizzoli, Chris Saunders, Timothy Scarnecchia, Cherryl Walker, Lorenzo Zambernardi, and Mario Zamponi.
Regional Organisations and Security
Author: Stephen ArisPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134118651
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
This book aims to examine the conceptions and practices of security adopted by Regional Organisations (ROs) across the globe. Since the end of the Cold War, there has been an increased focus on regions as a relevant realm for security, with actors within regional contexts identifying a significant degree of interdependency between one another. As a consequence, international security has taken on a distinct regionally institutionalised character, as seen by the increase in calls for greater utilisation of ‘Chapter VIII: Regional Arrangements’ of the UN, in order to create a devolved UN-led system of global security management. However, the idea of a system of global security management is a remote prospect, because divergence seems to be as important as commonality in terms of regional security. In light of the above, Regional Organisations and Security analyses the primary ROs that are active in Africa, Asia, Eurasia, the Middle East and South America. The findings of individual case studies are compiled to highlight disparities and similarities in how security is seen, prioritised, understood, practised, managed and implemented across regions. On this basis, the authors reach conclusions about whether we live in an increasingly globalised or regionally distinct world, and go on to assess the prospects for a globalised system of security management and consider how this might be developed and organised. This book will be of interest to students of comparative regionalism, international organisations, international security and IR.
Responding to Conflict in Africa
Author: J. BouldenPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 113736758X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 569
Book Description
Using nine case studies and an overview of recent changes at the institutional level, the purpose of this book is to examine the issues and experiences associated with the increased level of activity between the United Nations and regional organizations in their efforts to address conflict in Africa.
Citizenship, Democracies, and Media Engagement among Emerging Economies and Marginalized Communities
Author: Emmanuel K. NgwainmbiPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319562150
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
This volume analyzes the contexts in which emerging economies in Africa, the Caribbean, Central and South America, the Middle East, and Asia can chart their socioeconomic futures through progressive democratic practices and media engagement. Using political and development communication, along with case studies from selected countries in these regions, the volume addresses human rights policies, diplomatic practices, democratization, good governance, identity politics, terrorism, collective action, gendered crimes, political psychology, and citizen journalism as paradigms for sustainable growth. Through practical experiences and field research in the selected countries, scholars show how personal and national freedoms as well as business deals have been negotiated in a bid to create a new socioeconomic culture within the nations.
Progress and Prospects in the Implementation of Protocols in Southern Africa
Author: Towards Political and Economic Integration in Southern Africa : Proceedings of the 2007 FOPRISA Annual Conference
Author: Gavin CawthraPublisher:
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Category : Africa, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Revisiting Regionalism in Southern Africa
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
On 3 and 4 September 2007, the Institute for Global Dialogue (IGD) and the Friedrich Ebert-Stiftung (FES) jointly hosted the fourth Southern African Forum on Trade (SAFT) on the theme of 'Revisiting regionalism in Southern Africa.' Like its predecessors, the fourth SAFT provided a platform for critical debate and reflection on trade-related matters, bringing together from the region academics, activists, policy-makers, and senior officials working in the field. This latest meeting of the SAFT was aimed at revisiting the approach to regional economic integration adopted by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) from both a normative and an empirical perspective. One objective was to provide a basis from which to assess the current trajectory of regional integration and co-operation in SADC beyond the milestones for deeper integration set by SADC itself. This was done by taking a step back, and having a fresh look at different models of regionalism with regard to their respective potential in meeting the socio-economic and political development challenges of Southern Africa.