Essays about: "African regionalism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words African regionalism.

  1. 1. Intra-Regional Trade in Africa in the Era of Regional Integration

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Aarne Walter Hakomäki; [2021]
    Keywords : Regionalism; Trade; Africa; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : A global surge in the number of regional trade agreements has taken place since the 1990s. Their impact on the trade patterns and development of participating countries has been a frequent topic of debate. In this study I analyse the impact of joining a regional trade on the trade patterns of African countries. READ MORE

  3. 2. Why Overlapping Regionalism? Drivers of Zambia’s dual memberships in COMESA and SADC: A pluralism of perceptions

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Robin Alnäs; [2019-09-20]
    Keywords : overlapping regionalism; overlapping memberships; regional integration; Africa; Zambia; COMESA; SADC; spaghetti bowl;

    Abstract : In contrast to current global trends, Africa seems more determined than ever to come together. But as African governments and political leaders recurrently cite regional integration as a top priority, their persistent commitment to multiple overlapping regional organizations (ROs) seems perplexing. READ MORE

  4. 3. Self-Interest and Altruism as motivations of regional action? A study of African Regional Organisations and the interventions in Mali and the DRC

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Maria Olsson; [2015-08-04]
    Keywords : Regional Organisations; ECOWAS; SADC; Humanitarian Intervention; Altruism; Self-Interest; Regional Peacekeeping; Conflict Management; Regionalism;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the military interventions of ECOWAS and SADC in Mali and the Democratic Republic of Congo. These interventions took place within the frame of the high expectations of international and regional peace after the collapse of the Cold War. READ MORE

  5. 4. Economic Community of West African States Regional Integration Process: A Study of the New Regionalism Phenomenon in Africa

    University essay from Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

    Author : Innocent Komla Gavua; [2007]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Regional cooperation and integration in the international system has taken new dimensions especially following the end of the Cold War and the example of the successful story of the European Union integration process. This new dynamism in the intra-regional cooperation, which started to emerge in the 1980’s, has been described by some scholars as ‘new regionalism’, with a view to differentiate it from the ‘old’ type of regional cooperation which was prominent from the 1950’s till the late 1970’s. READ MORE

  6. 5. Regionalism from Outside - The EU Foreign Aid Policy and Regional Integration in SADC

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Caroline Karlsson; [2006]
    Keywords : EU: s biståndspolitik; SADC; regional integration; neorealism; konstruktivism; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Uppsatsens analysområde är yttre drivkrafter bakom den regionala integrationen inom Southern African Development Community, SADC. Drivkrafterna som behandlas präglas av EU: s biståndspolitik och de krav som följer med biståndet. READ MORE