New Regionalism in Africa

This volume transcends conventional state-centric and formalistic notions of regionalism and theorizes, conceptualizes and analyzes the complexities and contradictions of regionalization processes in contemporary Africa.

Summary

This volume transcends conventional state-centric and formalistic notions of regionalism and theorizes, conceptualizes and analyzes the complexities and contradictions of regionalization processes in contemporary Africa.

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'... Africa provides a classic location for the study of the 'new regionalism' - a regionalism shorn of the conceptual rigidities... that marked its predecessors, that places regional relationships firmly within the frame created by globalization on the one hand, and the endless human search for physical and material security on the other. This regionalism is now central to the understanding of developments in modern Africa, and to that understanding this volume makes a very welcome and important contribution.' Christopher Clapham, The Centre of African Studies, Cambridge, UK (taken from the Foreword) 'This highly recommended book will reveal not only a new dimension in the study of regionalism but also a new approach to the study of Africa.' Professor Björn Hettne, Göteborg University, Sweden '...would be very useful in classes on Africa and also on the international political economy of regionalisation.' The European Journal of Development Research '...coherently organized, well edited, and accessible to non-specialists. Its analysis of regionalism in terms of relationships, rather than formal structures, is thought provoking...The New Regionalism in Africa makes a genuine contribution to our understanding of an important aspect of state-society relations in Africa, and its appearance is to be welcomed.' International Studies Review '...criticism of the state-centred approaches in IR and IPE is theoretically and empirically convincing. The examples from various African countries...provide a good foundation for [the book's] argument.' Modern African Studies

Product details

• Authors: Dr Fredrik Soderbaum, Dr Fredrik Grant Soderbaum, Fredrik Grant Soderbaum, Fredrik Söderbaum
• Assisted by: j. Andrew Grant (Editor)
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.11.2003
• EAN: 9780754632627
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-3262-7
• No. of pages: 266
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Series: The International Political Economy of New Regionalisms Series; The International Political Economy of New Regionalisms Series; New Regionalisms Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Africa / General, Africa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, International Relations, African History, Regional Geography