Regionalism in Africa and External Partners

Uneven Relationships and (Un)Intended Effects
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-031-10704-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 245 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 351 g

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 Africabenefitted from external relations and partnerships with Europe, contributions in this volume question this positive impression, highlighting some of the major undermining factors and actors.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Muntschick, Johannes

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Außenpolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Introduction.- 1. Introduction and Theorizing: Regionalism and External Actors.- Part II. Comprehensive Mapping Studies.- 2. Regional Trade Regimes in Africa: Exploring Organizational Overlap and Externalities.- 3. External Actors and Security Regionalism in Africa: A New Dataset on External Funding.- Part III. Case Studies.- 4. Actors and ambitions in the European Union’s security policies towards Africa.- 5. France, EU and the Security (Dis)integration of the African Union.- 6. Desert Rose or Fata Morgana? The G5 Sahel and its Partnership with the European Union.- 7. Evaluating the effectiveness of the ECOWAS-EU interregional partnership on peace and security in the context of the Mali crisis.- 8. Causes and Effects of External Support to Regional Organisations: The Case of EU Support to the ECOWAS Commission.- Part IV. Conclusions.- 9. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Johannes Muntschick is a researcher and lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany. His research and teaching experience lies in the fields of international relations theory, international institutions, and regionalism in the Global South.