Afro-Regions: The Dynamics of Cross-Border Micro-Regionalism in Africa
Häftad bok. Nordiska Afrikainstitutet. 2008. 203 sidor.
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Abstract [en]
This collection focuses on the making and unmaking of cross-border micro-regions in Africa. Its main emphasis is that micro-regions are not givens, but are constructed and reconstructed through social practice, political economy and, in discourse, by a variety of states, corporations and non-state actors. The region-builders are the focus -- that is, those actors that build and make micro-regions and their associated region-building strategies. Key research questions are: for whom, for what purpose and with what consequences are micro-regions being made and unmade? There is also special emphasis on how people on the ground and local communities create their own region-building strategies and how they respond to the region-building strategies of others. The case studies -- by leading scholars of African studies and the result of extensive fieldwork -- include a wide selection of micro-regions all over Africa, such as the Maputo Development Corridor, the Zambezi Valley region, the Zambia-Malawi-Mozambique Growth Triangle, Walvis Bay, the Sierra Leone-Liberia border zone, cross-border micro-regions on the Horn of Africa, the Great Lakes region, North Africa, and so forth.
Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 9789171066183
- Titel
- Afro-Regions: The Dynamics of Cross-Border Micro-Regionalism in Africa
- Författare
- Söderbaum, Fredrik - Taylor, Ian - Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
- Förlag
- Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
- Utgivningsår
- 2008
- Bandtyp
- Häftad
- Mått
- 145 x 210 mm
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- This collection focuses on the making and unmaking of cross-border micro-regions in Africa. Its main emphasis is that micro-regions are not givens, but are constructed and reconstructed through social practice, political economy and, in discourse, by a variety of states, corporations and non-state actors.
The region-builders are the focus that is, those actors that build and make micro-regions and their associated region-building strategies. Key research questions are: for whom, for what purpose and with what consequences are micro-regions being made and unmade? There is also special emphasis on how people on the ground and local communities create their own region-building strategies and how they respond to the region-building strategies of others.
The case studies by leading scholars of African studies and the result of extensive fieldwork include a wide selection of micro-regions all over Africa, such as the Maputo Development Corridor, the Zambezi Valley region, the Zambia-Malawi-Mozambique Growth Triangle, Walvis Bay, the Sierra Leone-Liberia border zone, cross-border micro-regions on the Horn of Africa, the Great Lakes region, North Africa, and so forth.