Lexington Books
Pages: 148
Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-7936-1739-2 • Hardback • May 2023 • $90.00 • (£69.00)
978-1-7936-1740-8 • eBook • May 2023 • $45.00 • (£35.00) (coming soon)
Gabila Nubong is associate professor at North West University, South Africa.
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Why a book on Developmental Regionalism and the Political Economy of Africa’s Integration
Chapter 2: The History of Africa’s integration and Common Challenges
Chapter 3: Key Milestones and Treaties guiding Africa’s Political and Economic Integration
Chapter 4: A comparison of Europe’s and Africa’s experiences of regional integration
Chapter 5: A case for Developmental Regionalism in Africa’s Integration
Chapter 6: Africa’s Industrialization within A Developmental Regionalism Paradigm
Chapter 7: The Future of African Integration, Emerging Issues and Implications for the Developmental Regionalism Paradigm
Bibliography
About the Author
In an era where new forms of nationalisms are emerging globally including Afrophobia in Africa, the reality of our interconnected world emphasized by the Covid-19 pandemic and renewed superpower competition in Africa, this book on the need for developmental regionalism in the continent could not have come at a better time. The author reiterates a persuasive argument for Africa to leverage the moment by integrating for development with a sound case for industrialization that makes the book a good read.
— Christopher Isike, University of Pretoria
This book provides an insightful analysis of developmental regionalism in Africa. As against the dominant market approach to regional integration, the value of this book lies in the different approach taken by the author to foreground regionalism as a tool for socioeconomic development in Africa. More importantly, in view of the newly launched Africa Continental Free Trade Area, which aimed at the structural transformation of Africa’s economy, this book is a timely addition to the growing literature on regionalism.
— Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba, Carleton University