Politics and Pan-Africanism: Diplomacy, Regional Economies and Peace-Building in Contemporary Africa

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Offering an examination of the diplomatic and economic regional power structures in Africa and their relationships with each other, Dawn Nagar discusses the potential and future of pan-Africanism. The three primary regional economic communities (RECs) that are recognised by the African Union as the key building blocks of a united Africa are examined – these are the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). These include Africa’s major economies – Egypt, South Africa, and Kenya but are also home to Africa’s most conflict prone and volatile states – the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Burundi, South Sudan, Somalia and Lesotho. Providing a detailed overview of the current relationship between these power blocs, this book provides insight into the current state of diplomatic and economic relations within Africa and shows how far there is to go for a future of Pan-Africanism. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Dedication Contents Figures Tables Acknowledgements Key Abbreviations and Acronyms 1 Introduction 2 The evolution of Pan-Africanism Assumptions of new theories and definitions Situating Pan-Africanism within the divergence and convergence debates of regional integration The second wave of Pan-Africanism towards modernity The third wave of Pan-Africanism from modernity to dependency Neoclassical economics: Divergence and convergence Market-driven trade liberalisation and economic growth Pan-Africanism: Free trade agreements and intraregional trade: Divergence and convergence Macroeconomic policies: Divergence and convergence Multiple memberships: Divergence and convergence Neoclassical realism approach: Security 3 Pan-Africanism’s birth, burial – reincarnate The birth and death of a Pan-African idea Pan-Africanism reincarnate The convergence of regions The Frontline States and the making of an alliance Political and economic courtship – policy of détente The Frontline States and external actors The formation of SADCC: A European agenda SADC’s institutional architecture Funding SADCC and SADC The formation of the PTA and the incorporation of EAC member states COMESA’s institutional architecture: Economic regional convergence Rationalisation period of 1993 and 1994 of SADCC and PTA: A failed convergence 4 The era of convergence The period 1998–2008: Convergence of a Tripartite Agreement States, markets and developmental integration: 1998–2008, divergence or convergence COMESA, EAC and SADC’s diplomatic efforts of the main summits and meetings: The period 1998–2008 Diplomatic efforts: A move towards establishing the COMESA, EAC and SADC Tripartite free trade area Progress of the Tripartite MOU towards convergence The Tripartite merger and progress of the free trade area roadmap Efforts towards the establishment of a Tripartite free trade area Regional transport master plan Concluding remarks 5 Convergence and consolidation of multiple memberships: An attempted convergence Management of multiple memberships Variable geometry and the Tripartite bloc Rules of origin and external trade agreements: AGOA and EPAs Regional arrangements in multiple memberships: Hindrance or promotion? Management of multiple memberships by member states: The case of South Africa in SACU Concluding remarks 6 Pan-African economic integration Intraregional trade: An agricultural comparative advantage Information and technology systems control: Achieving value addition Comparative advantage and economic growth for Africa’s geostrategic economic convergence with the Caribbean and Pacific Blue economy: The Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Bloc 7 Pan-African security convergence: The evolution of collective security Africa’s attempts of achieving collective security Regional security complex framework: Evolving domestic actors and factors Towards Pan-African security convergence Concluding remarks 8 Analysis and normative proposals Rules of origin Total factor productivity Protecting Tripartite member states’ industries is much more than just variable geometry, free trade and the principle of acqui Multiple memberships Infrastructure gaps Security convergence 9 Conclusion Notes 1 Introduction: Pan-African integration 2 The evolution of Pan-Africanism: Regional integration theories and approaches 3 Pan-Africanism’s birth, burial – reincarnate: A historical trajectory of divergence and convergence 4 The era of convergence: COMESA, EAC and SADC 5 Convergence and consolidation of multiple memberships: An attempted convergence 6 Pan-African economic integration 7 Pan-African security convergence: The evolution of collective security 8 Analysis and normative proposals: Pan-African convergence theories 9 Conclusion Bibliography Index