The Quest for an African Economic Community - Regional Integration and its Role in Achieving African Unity - The Case of SADC

The African Union (AU) aims at creating an African Economic Community (AEC) by 2034. Eight recognized Regional Economic Communities (REC) are supposed to form the building blocs of the AEC. The book shows that the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is currently the most advanced and promising REC but still behind schedule in reaching its own integration objectives. If the currently most successful of the African RECs may not achieve sufficiently deep regional integration in time then the chances to establish the AEC by 2034 are slim indeed. Combining economic and political analysis the author examines SADC, its achievements and potential in detail. Special reference is given to the impact of the Zimbabwe crisis on regional integration.

List of contents

Contents: Regional Integration and Development - Neo-classical model of regional integration - Historical dimensions of regional integration - Building blocs of the African Economic Community - Southern African Development Community - Economic and political dimensions of SADC integration - Impact of Zimbabwe crisis.

Product details

• Authors: Wolff-Christian Peters
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2016
• EAN: 9783631610329
• ISBN: 978-3-631-61032-9
• No. of pages: 340
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 18 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 440 g
• Series: Europäische Hochschulschriften; Europäische Hochschulschriften 23 / European University Studies 23 / Publications Universitaires Européennes 23; Europäische Hochschulschriften (Reihe 31): Politikwissenschaft ) / European University Studies (Series 31): Political Science / Publications Universit; Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Européenn; Europäische Hochschulschriften (Reihe 31): Politikwissenschaft / Political Science / Sciences politiques; Europäische Hochschulschriften (Reihe 31): Politikwissenschaft / Political Science / Sciences politiques; Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies/Publications Universitaires Européenne
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries