The Quest for Unity

An Appraisal of Regional Integration in Africa
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-86099-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 576 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 1230 g

Regional integration was identified many years ago as being critical to Africa’s quest to overcome its colonially induced underdevelopment. To encourage this, several potentially significant programmes or projects have been stillborn or inadequately implemented. A network of relatively stable Regional Economic Communities (RECs) has been established, and one of its most ambitious initiatives – the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) – is now being ‘operationalised’. Written in the context of a global economy emerged in stagflation – a combination of stagnation and inflation – this book provides a deeper insight into pertinent conceptual and theoretical issues of vital importance to Africa’s development. It also presents case studies of several of the RECs, as well as the processes involved in constructing the AfCFTA.

The subject matter of this book includes –

- African lingua franca and African knowledge systems

- The African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention

- Regional integration: Mission impossible?

- Regional electricity integration in Africa

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Zielgruppe

General and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nkala, Sizo

Monyae, David

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Geopolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword – Rob Davies

Acknowledgements

Acronyms and abbreviations

Map: Regional Economic Communities

Introduction: The quest for regional integration in Africa

PART 1: THEORIES AND CONCEPTS OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION

Chapter 1: Theories and concepts of regional integration in Africa

Chapter 2: The ideological roots of regional integration in Africa

Chapter 3: African lingua franca and African knowledge systems: A framework for integration

PART 2: AFRICA’S REGIONAL ECONOMIC COMMUNITIES AS INSTRUMENTS OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION

Chapter 4: The Southern African Development Community’s pursuit of regional integration

Chapter 5: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

Chapter 6: Synergy, ambition and challenges in the expanded East African Community

Chapter 7: The Intergovernmental Authority on Development and regional integration in the Horn of Africa

Chapter 8: The Central African Economic Monetary Community

PART 3: CONTINENTAL INTEGRATION MECHANISMS

Chapter 9: The Pan-African Parliament: A catalyst for African integration?

Chapter 10: An appraisal of the AU’s Peace and Security Council, 2003–2022

Chapter 11: The African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention

Chapter 12: The free movement of persons and African integration

PART 4: THE AFRICAN CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE AREA: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS

Chapter 13: Who trades what with whom? Mapping intraregional trade

Chapter 14: Building continental institutions: The African Continental Free Trade Area

Chapter 15: The AfCFTA Protocol on Trade in Goods

PART 5: INFRASTRUCTURAL INTEGRATION IN AFRICA

Chapter 16: Regional electricity integration in Africa: The case of the African Single Electricity Market

Chapter 17: Transport infrastructure and regional integration in Africa

Chapter 18: Digital infrastructure: Creating the backbone for development

Chapter 19: Africa’s Blue Economy infrastructure and its potential for continental integration

PART 6: THE MEDIA AND EXTERNAL ACTORS IN REGIONAL INTEGRATION

Chapter 20: The role of the media in driving Africa’s regional integration

Chapter 21: The impact of external actors on Africa’s regional integration

Conclusion: Regional integration: Mission impossible?

Contributors

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Sizo Nkala is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Johannesburg’s Centre for Africa–China Studies, where he produces academic publications, manages commissioned research projects, organizes seminars and interacts with the media. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. His research interests include China–Africa relations in the technology, media and economic spheres, African political economy, immigration and global politics.

David Monyae is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Johannesburg, and Co-Director of the Centre for Africa–China Studies. Professor Monyae is an international relations and foreign policy expert, with a PhD in International Relations from the University of the Witwatersrand. He previously served as Section Manager: International Relations Policy Analysis at the South African Parliament, providing strategic management, parliamentary foreign policy formulation, and monitoring and analysis services.