The Quest for Unity
eBook - ePub

The Quest for Unity

An Appraisal of Regional Integration in Africa

  1. 576 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Quest for Unity

An Appraisal of Regional Integration in Africa

About this book

Regional integration was identified many years ago as being critical to Africa's quest to overcome its colonially induced underdevelopment. To encourage this, several potentially significant programmes or projects have been stillborn or inadequately implemented. A network of relatively stable Regional Economic Communities (RECs) has been established, and one of its most ambitious initiatives – the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) – is now being 'operationalised'. Written in the context of a global economy emerged in stagflation – a combination of stagnation and inflation – this book provides a deeper insight into pertinent conceptual and theoretical issues of vital importance to Africa's development. It also presents case studies of several of the RECs, as well as the processes involved in constructing the AfCFTA.

The subject matter of this book includes –

  • African lingua franca and African knowledge systems
  • The African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Regional integration: Mission impossible?
  • Regional electricity integration in Africa

Print edition not for sale in Sub Saharan Africa

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Foreword
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Acronyms and abbreviations
  10. Map: Regional Economic Communities
  11. Introduction: Regional integration in Africa's development
  12. Part 1 Theories and Concepts of Regional Integration
  13. Part 2 Africa's Regional Economic Communities As Instruments Of Regional Integration
  14. Part 3 Continental Integration Mechanisms
  15. Part 4 The African Continental Free Trade Area: Challenges and Prospects
  16. Part 5 Infrastructural Integration In Africa
  17. Part 6 The Media And External Actors In Regional Integration
  18. Contributors
  19. Index