Normativity in African Regional Relations

Frank Aragbonfoh Abumere

In cases that involve domination of, and discrimination against, minorities, the most common solution is the promotion of minority rights. However, this book contends that in the context of migrant minorities in Africa, appealing to minority rights is not a workable solution due to the historical abuses and discrimination of minorities both within and across African states.

Through insightful philosophical analysis, Abumere argues for a new normative international relations among African states, which includes the adoption of minority rights, but does not rely on them. He analyses the possible consequences of the newly ratified African Continental Free Trade Agreement, looking at how it may encourage a more integrated Africa, but also may increase the chances of domination and discrimination against minorities. The author shows how normative international relations may be used to prevent the domination and discrimination of migrant minorities.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Rowman & Littlefield International

Pages: 290 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-1-78661-589-3 • Hardback • June 2022 • $120.00 • (£92.00)

978-1-78661-590-9 • eBook • June 2022 • $33.99 • (£26.00) (coming soon)

Series: Values and Identities: Crossing Philosophical Borders

Subjects: Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy / Political, Philosophy / Ethics / Applied Ethics

Normativity in African Regional Relations

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Summary

In cases that involve domination of, and discrimination against, minorities, the most common solution is the promotion of minority rights. However, this book contends that in the context of migrant minorities in Africa, appealing to minority rights is not a workable solution due to the historical abuses and discrimination of minorities both within and across African states.

Through insightful philosophical analysis, Abumere argues for a new normative international relations among African states, which includes the adoption of minority rights, but does not rely on them. He analyses the possible consequences of the newly ratified African Continental Free Trade Agreement, looking at how it may encourage a more integrated Africa, but also may increase the chances of domination and discrimination against minorities. The author shows how normative international relations may be used to prevent the domination and discrimination of migrant minorities.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Rowman & Littlefield International

Pages: 290 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-1-78661-589-3 • Hardback • June 2022 • $120.00 • (£92.00)

978-1-78661-590-9 • eBook • June 2022 • $33.99 • (£26.00) (coming soon)

Series: Values and Identities: Crossing Philosophical Borders

Subjects: Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy / Political, Philosophy / Ethics / Applied Ethics

Author

Frank Aragbonfoh Abumere is a Senior Member of St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, and an Academic Visitor at the African Studies Centre, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, University of Oxford. He is also a Visiting Research Fellow/Associate Staff at the Department of International History, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and the leader of the ‘Developing World’ WP 4 of the Globalising Minority Rights research group at the Department of Philosophy, the Arctic University of Norway.

Table of Contents

Introduction / 1: A Preliminary Discourse on a Realistic Resolution to the Domination of Migrant Minorities / 2: The AfCFTA and a Regionally Integrated Africa / 3: Expected Migrant Minorities and Problematic Identities and Differences / 4: The Problem of Domination and Discrimination / 5: Problems with a Minority Rights Approach / 6: Identities, Differences and Fusion of Horizons / 7: African States and Normative International Relations / 8: The African Union and Normative Regional Integration / Conclusion / Bibliography

Normativity in African Regional Relations

Frank Aragbonfoh Abumere

Normativity in African Regional Relations

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