Regional Economic Communities and Integration in Southern Africa - Networks of Civil Society Organizations and Alternative Regionalism (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)

This book examines regional integration in Africa, with a particular focus on the Southern African Development Community (SADC). It argues that the SADC's pursuit of a rationalist and state-centric form of integration for Southern Africa is limited, as it overlooks the contributory role and efficacy of non-state actors, who are relegated to the periphery. The book demonstrates that civil society networks in Southern Africa constitute well-governed, self-organised entities that function just like formal regional arrangements driven by state actors and technocrats. The book amplifies this point by deploying New Institutionalism and the New Regionalism Approach to examine the role and efficacy of non-state actors in building regions from below. The book develops a unique typology that shows how Southern African regional civil society networks adopt strategies, norms and rules to establish an efficient form of alternative integration in the region. Based on a critical analysis of this self-organised regionalism, the book projects the reality that alternative regionalism driven by non-state actors is possible. This book expands the study of regionalism in the SADC, and makes a significant and innovative contribution to the study of contemporary regionalism.

General

Imprint:	Springer Verlag, Singapore
Country of origin:	Singapore
Release date:	May 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	Leon Mwamba Tshimpaka • Christopher Changwe Nshimbi • Inocent Moyo
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	263
Edition:	1st ed. 2021
ISBN-13:	978-981-15-9387-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > General
LSN:	981-15-9387-6
Barcode:	9789811593871

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