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9781138839885 1138839884 Africa is often seen as an emerging as a new 'frontier' for global trade and investment. Yet, intra-regional trade and the achievements of regional economic groupings are still presented as 'disappointing' for the continent. This book argues these representations stem from a narrow focus on institutions and euro-centric models and ignores the processes of regionalisation that involves new players, such as corporations and diasporas. It calls for different analytical models that account for the disparity in institutional architectures, goals, paths and processes associated with regional organisations and region-building processes in Africa. In doing so, the book illuminates the political dynamics, inter-state political rivalries, conflicts, national interests and clashing interests that have influenced African state actors and shaped regionalism. This text will be of key interest to students and scholars of African politics, African history, regionalism, comparative regionalism, and more broadly to international political economy, international relations and global and regional governance., Africa, emerging as of as a new 'frontier' for global trade and investment, has been on the frontline of global and rising mobilisation towards the conclusion of regional trade agreements and their potential for block-building on a global scale. Yet, intra-regional trade and the achievements of regional economic groupings still remain highly disappointing for the continent. This book argues these representations stem from a narrow focus on institutions (regionalism) and euro-centric models at the expense of an emphasis on processes of regionalisation that involves new players (corporations, diasporas). As such, it calls for different analytical models and emphasises the heterogeneity of institutional architectures, goals, paths and processes associated with regional organisations and region-building processes in Africa. In doing so, it illuminates the political dynamics, inter-state political rivalries, conflicts, national interests and clashing interests that have influenced African state actors in one direction or another, shaping the embryonic regionalism. This text will be of key interest to students and scholars of African politics, African history, regionalism, comparative regionalism, and more broadly to international political economy, international relations and global and regional governance., Africa, which was not long ago discarded as a hopeless and irrelevant region, has become a new 'frontier' for global trade, investment and the conduct of international relations. This book surveys the socio-economic, intellectual and security related dimensions of African regionalisms since the turn of the 20th century. It argues that the continent deserves to be considered as a crucible for conceptualizing and contextualizing the ongoing influence of colonial policies, the emergence of specific integration and security cultures, the spread of cross-border regionalisation processes at the expense of region-building, the interplay between territory, space and trans-state networks, and the intrinsic ambivalence of global frontier narratives. This is emphasized through the identification of distinctive 'threads' of regionalism which, by focusing on genealogies, trajectories and ideals, transcend the binary divide between old and new regionalisms. In doing so, the book opens new perspectives not only on Africa in international relations, but also Africa s own international relations. This text will be of key interest to students and scholars of African politics, African history, regionalism, comparative regionalism, and more broadly to international political economy, international relations and global and regional governance."
9781138839885 1138839884 Africa is often seen as an emerging as a new 'frontier' for global trade and investment. Yet, intra-regional trade and the achievements of regional economic groupings are still presented as 'disappointing' for the continent. This book argues these representations stem from a narrow focus on institutions and euro-centric models and ignores the processes of regionalisation that involves new players, such as corporations and diasporas. It calls for different analytical models that account for the disparity in institutional architectures, goals, paths and processes associated with regional organisations and region-building processes in Africa. In doing so, the book illuminates the political dynamics, inter-state political rivalries, conflicts, national interests and clashing interests that have influenced African state actors and shaped regionalism. This text will be of key interest to students and scholars of African politics, African history, regionalism, comparative regionalism, and more broadly to international political economy, international relations and global and regional governance., Africa, emerging as of as a new 'frontier' for global trade and investment, has been on the frontline of global and rising mobilisation towards the conclusion of regional trade agreements and their potential for block-building on a global scale. Yet, intra-regional trade and the achievements of regional economic groupings still remain highly disappointing for the continent. This book argues these representations stem from a narrow focus on institutions (regionalism) and euro-centric models at the expense of an emphasis on processes of regionalisation that involves new players (corporations, diasporas). As such, it calls for different analytical models and emphasises the heterogeneity of institutional architectures, goals, paths and processes associated with regional organisations and region-building processes in Africa. In doing so, it illuminates the political dynamics, inter-state political rivalries, conflicts, national interests and clashing interests that have influenced African state actors in one direction or another, shaping the embryonic regionalism. This text will be of key interest to students and scholars of African politics, African history, regionalism, comparative regionalism, and more broadly to international political economy, international relations and global and regional governance., Africa, which was not long ago discarded as a hopeless and irrelevant region, has become a new 'frontier' for global trade, investment and the conduct of international relations. This book surveys the socio-economic, intellectual and security related dimensions of African regionalisms since the turn of the 20th century. It argues that the continent deserves to be considered as a crucible for conceptualizing and contextualizing the ongoing influence of colonial policies, the emergence of specific integration and security cultures, the spread of cross-border regionalisation processes at the expense of region-building, the interplay between territory, space and trans-state networks, and the intrinsic ambivalence of global frontier narratives. This is emphasized through the identification of distinctive 'threads' of regionalism which, by focusing on genealogies, trajectories and ideals, transcend the binary divide between old and new regionalisms. In doing so, the book opens new perspectives not only on Africa in international relations, but also Africa s own international relations. This text will be of key interest to students and scholars of African politics, African history, regionalism, comparative regionalism, and more broadly to international political economy, international relations and global and regional governance."