ECOWAS

ECOWAS
Author: Warisu O. Alli
Publisher:
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2009
Genre: Economic development
ISBN: 9789780020842

Regional Integration and Migration in Africa

Regional Integration and Migration in Africa
Author: Vusi Gumede
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2020-06-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9004411224

This comparative book debates migration and regional integration in the two regional economic blocs, namely the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The book takes a historical and nuanced citizenship approach to integration by analysing regional integration from the perspective of non-state actors and how they negotiate various structures and institutions in their pursuit for life and livelihood in a contemporary context marked by mobility and economic fragmentation.

ECOWAS Protocol on Free Movement and the AfCFTA in West Africa

ECOWAS Protocol on Free Movement and the AfCFTA in West Africa
Author: Samuel Kehinde Okunade
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2023-05-13
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9811950059

This book discusses the phenomenon of regional integration in Africa and the ensuing discourse on the intercontinental free trade agreement within the continent. Long before the move for the facilitation of free trade in Africa, freedom of movement by Africans within Africa backed up by the AU Protocol on free movement of persons has been in existence and in one way or the other both moves are closely related. The book explores the existing relationships between the ECOWAS Protocol on free movement, goods and services and AfCFTA on one hand and the impact of the implementation and non-implementation of these policies on West Africa on the other hand.

Historical Dictionary of International Organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa

Historical Dictionary of International Organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: Terry M. Mays
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2002-05-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 1461706696

The aim of this book is to provide readers with a tool to trace the changes in the development and progression of African international organizations. This volume applies a dictionary format and reviews African international organizations as well as selected global and regional bodies with extensive African membership. Entries on prominent Africans who have served with sub-regional, continental and global international organizations as well as including reviews of events and terminology associated with the topic are highlighted. The authors provide an insightful introduction to the subject, an up-to-date chronology, a comprehensive acronym list that includes English and French names for the organizations with Anglophone and Francophone members, and an extensive bibliography. This volume serves the needs of students, scholars, business persons, diplomats, and others with an interest in African international organizations.

Collective Insecurity

Collective Insecurity
Author: Ikechi Mgbeoji
Publisher: UBC Press
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2011-11-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0774840560

This book provides both a superb analysis of the historical dysfunction of the post-colonial African state generally and, more specifically, a probing critique of the crisis that resulted in the tragic collapse of Liberia. Ikechi Mgbeoji ultimately shows that blame for this endless cycle of violence must be laid at the feet of both the Western powers and African states themselves. He further posits that a reconstructed regime of African statehood, legitimate governance, and reform of the United Nations Security Council are imperatives for the creation of a stable African polity.

Securing Africa

Securing Africa
Author: Toyin Falola
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2013-10-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1136662588

Africa has been and currently is the site of numerous conflicts and crises. Authors previously wrote of these as specifically African problems or the problems of Europeans in Africa, but newer scholarship on other aspects of Africa has come to stress the interconnectness of Africa and the wider world. Still, it has often been limited to studies of isolated instances within African countries, with little-to-no connection to greater patterns of international power and violence. This volume explores the historical and present local and international dimensions of the myriad security crises in Africa, from the role of international relations during liberation to multination efforts against piracy.

West African Worlds

West African Worlds
Author: Reginald Cline-Cole
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2016-02-17
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1317904931

West African Worlds provides a critical assessment of social, economic and political change in Africa’s most populous and arguably most externally focused region. With an emphasis on globalisation and modernisation, case studies and commentary are integrated throughout to highlight the concerns and issues of the region. Enriched by an impressive mix of West African voices, this text combines theory and application with policy and practice to address socio-economic change, the pursuit of livelihoods, and development within West Africa.