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Interrogating the notion of developmental regionalism as applies to
Southern Africa, this volume explores the policy options and
interventions necessary to ensure a peaceful and stable regional
development process. With a focus on the Southern African
Development Community (SADC), the contributions explore how
regional institutions such as this can be drivers of developmental
regionalism. Institutional architecture, along with key policy
priorities, and implementation strategies in areas such as trade,
industry, agriculture, private sector development and conflict
management are analysed, and the ramifications of regional
interventions for peace building and regional security in
post-conflict Southern African countries are explored. Drawing on
this analysis the book proffers key policy options and strategies
for how developmental regionalism can be both consummated and
sustained, ultimately driving economic transformation. Illustrating
to policymakers, scholars and development practitioners how
regional institutions can be engines or facilitators of regional
development, the book will be of interest to researchers in a broad
range of areas including development studies, public policy and
African studies.
This book outlines challenges to the effective operation of
regional economic communities (RECs) with regards to peacebuilding
in Africa. Critically examining these issues from an
interdisciplinary perspective, with a focus on comparative analysis
of the status, role, and performances of the Economic Community of
West African States (ECOWAS) and Intergovernmental Authority on
Development (IGAD), it examines particular constraints to their
effective participation in regional initiatives. Focussing on
inadequate technical capabilities, the complicity of state and
non-state actors in conflicts within a region, the domestic
politics of member states, it additionally addresses related
theories and practices of peacekeeping, security, development, and
the peacebuilding nexus. It also engages provisioning, regionalism,
and regional peacekeeping interventions, the legal and
institutional framework of RECs, and civil society and
peacebuilding. Fundamentally, the book asks how effective the
alliances and partnerships are in promoting regional peace and
security and how much they are compromised by the intervention of
external powers and actors, exploring new ideas and actions that
may strengthen capacities to address the peacebuilding challenges
on the continent effectively. This book will be of key interest to
scholars and students of African politics and studies, peace and
security studies, regionalism studies, policy practitioners in the
field of African peacebuilding, and more broadly to international
relations. The Open Access version of this book, available at:
http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003093695, has been made
available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No
Derivatives 4.0 license.
The 1990s heralded waves of spectacular forms of local resistance
and globalized protest against oil exploitation and environmental
pollution in oil-producing regions of the developing world. One of
the most spectacular local uprisings against global oil
multinationals was led by the Ogoni people who were protesting
against the exploitation and marginalization of oil-producing
ethnic minority communities in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.
However, the hanging on November 10, 1995 of nine Ogoni ethnic
minority and environmental justice activists, including Ken
Saro-Wiwa, only served to exacerbate protests in later years.
Within a decade, dozens of locally rooted insurgent groups emerged
in the Niger Delta and construed themselves as part of the social
movement for ethnic minority rights and environmental justice which
dates back to colonial times. However, the trajectory of the
revolutionary momentum has changed over time, reflecting a mix of
progressive, opportunistic and retrogressive trends. This book
provides a critical study of the trajectory of struggles in the
Niger Delta since 1995, paying attention to continuities and
changes, including recent developments linked to the shift from
local resistance, to the rupturing of the Presidential Amnesty
peace deal (largely to the Movement for the Emancipation of the
Niger Delta) and the resurgence low-intensity sporadic armed
militancy-led by the Niger Delta Avengers militia among others. The
contributors critically interrogate the nature of the region's
political economy, socio-economic trends and trajectories over the
past two decades. This collection also accentuates the lessons
learnt, prospects for self-determination, socio-economic and
environmental justice and peace in the aftermath of the hanging.
This book outlines challenges to the effective operation of
regional economic communities (RECs) with regards to peacebuilding
in Africa. Critically examining these issues from an
interdisciplinary perspective, with a focus on comparative analysis
of the status, role, and performances of the Economic Community of
West African States (ECOWAS) and Intergovernmental Authority on
Development (IGAD), it examines particular constraints to their
effective participation in regional initiatives. Focussing on
inadequate technical capabilities, the complicity of state and
non-state actors in conflicts within a region, the domestic
politics of member states, it additionally addresses related
theories and practices of peacekeeping, security, development, and
the peacebuilding nexus. It also engages provisioning, regionalism,
and regional peacekeeping interventions, the legal and
institutional framework of RECs, and civil society and
peacebuilding. Fundamentally, the book asks how effective the
alliances and partnerships are in promoting regional peace and
security and how much they are compromised by the intervention of
external powers and actors, exploring new ideas and actions that
may strengthen capacities to address the peacebuilding challenges
on the continent effectively. This book will be of key interest to
scholars and students of African politics and studies, peace and
security studies, regionalism studies, policy practitioners in the
field of African peacebuilding, and more broadly to international
relations. The Open Access version of this book, available at:
http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003093695, has been made
available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No
Derivatives 4.0 license.
Interrogating the notion of developmental regionalism as applies to
Southern Africa, this volume explores the policy options and
interventions necessary to ensure a peaceful and stable regional
development process. With a focus on the Southern African
Development Community (SADC), the contributions explore how
regional institutions such as this can be drivers of developmental
regionalism. Institutional architecture, along with key policy
priorities, and implementation strategies in areas such as trade,
industry, agriculture, private sector development and conflict
management are analysed, and the ramifications of regional
interventions for peace building and regional security in
post-conflict Southern African countries are explored. Drawing on
this analysis the book proffers key policy options and strategies
for how developmental regionalism can be both consummated and
sustained, ultimately driving economic transformation. Illustrating
to policymakers, scholars and development practitioners how
regional institutions can be engines or facilitators of regional
development, the book will be of interest to researchers in a broad
range of areas including development studies, public policy and
African studies.
The 1990s heralded waves of spectacular forms of local resistance
and globalized protest against oil exploitation and environmental
pollution in oil-producing regions of the developing world. One of
the most spectacular local uprisings against global oil
multinationals was led by the Ogoni people who were protesting
against the exploitation and marginalization of oil-producing
ethnic minority communities in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.
However, the hanging on November 10, 1995 of nine Ogoni ethnic
minority and environmental justice activists, including Ken
Saro-Wiwa, only served to exacerbate protests in later years.
Within a decade, dozens of locally rooted insurgent groups emerged
in the Niger Delta and construed themselves as part of the social
movement for ethnic minority rights and environmental justice which
dates back to colonial times. However, the trajectory of the
revolutionary momentum has changed over time, reflecting a mix of
progressive, opportunistic and retrogressive trends. This book
provides a critical study of the trajectory of struggles in the
Niger Delta since 1995, paying attention to continuities and
changes, including recent developments linked to the shift from
local resistance, to the rupturing of the Presidential Amnesty
peace deal (largely to the Movement for the Emancipation of the
Niger Delta) and the resurgence low-intensity sporadic armed
militancy-led by the Niger Delta Avengers militia among others. The
contributors critically interrogate the nature of the region's
political economy, socio-economic trends and trajectories over the
past two decades. This collection also accentuates the lessons
learnt, prospects for self-determination, socio-economic and
environmental justice and peace in the aftermath of the hanging.
The recent escalation in the violent conflict in the Niger Delta
has brought the region to the forefront of international energy and
security concerns. This book analyses the causes, dynamics and
politics underpinning oil-related violence in the Niger Delta
region of Nigeria. It focuses on the drivers of the conflict, as
well as the ways the crises spawned by the political economy of oil
and contradictions within Nigeria's ethnic politics have
contributed to the morphing of initially poorly coordinated,
largely non-violent protests into a pan-Delta insurgency.
Approaching the issue from a number of perspectives, the book
offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive analysis available of
the varied dimensions of the conflict. Combining empirically-based
and analytic chapters, it attempts to explain the causes of the
escalation in violence, the various actors, levels and dynamics
involved, and the policy challenges faced with regard to conflict
management/resolution and the options for peace. It also examines
the role of oil as a commodity of global strategic significance,
addressing the relationship between oil, energy security and
development in the Niger Delta.
The recent escalation in the violent conflict in the Niger Delta
has brought the region to the forefront of international energy and
security concerns. This book analyses the causes, dynamics and
politics underpinning oil-related violence in the Niger Delta
region of Nigeria. It focuses on the drivers of the conflict, as
well as the ways the crises spawned by the political economy of oil
and contradictions within Nigeria's ethnic politics have
contributed to the morphing of initially poorly coordinated,
largely non-violent protests into a pan-Delta insurgency.
Approaching the issue from a number of perspectives, the book
offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive analysis available of
the varied dimensions of the conflict. Combining empirically-based
and analytic chapters, it attempts to explain the causes of the
escalation in violence, the various actors, levels and dynamics
involved, and the policy challenges faced with regard to conflict
management/resolution and the options for peace. It also examines
the role of oil as a commodity of global strategic significance,
addressing the relationship between oil, energy security and
development in the Niger Delta.
In recent years, China and India have become the most important
economic partners of Africa and their footprints are growing by
leaps and bounds, transforming Africa's international relations in
a dramatic way. Although the overall impact of China and India's
engagement in Africa has been positive in the short-term, partly as
a result of higher returns from commodity exports fuelled by
excessive demands from both countries, little research exists on
the actual impact of China and India's growing involvement on
Africa's economic transformation. This book examines in detail the
opportunities and challenges posed by the increasing presence of
China and India in Africa, and proposes critical interventions that
African governments must undertake in order to negotiate with China
and India from a stronger and more informed platform.
In recent years, China and India have become the most important
economic partners of Africa and their footprints are growing by
leaps and bounds, transforming Africa's international relations in
a dramatic way. Although the overall impact of China and India's
engagement in Africa has been positive in the short-term, partly as
a result of higher returns from commodity exports fuelled by
excessive demands from both countries, little research exists on
the actual impact of China and India's growing involvement on
Africa's economic transformation. This book examines in detail the
opportunities and challenges posed by the increasing presence of
China and India in Africa, and proposes critical interventions that
African governments must undertake in order to negotiate with China
and India from a stronger and more informed platform.
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