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Mapping Agency: Comparing Regionalisms in Africa
Ulrike Lorenz-Carl
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paperback. Series: International Political Economy of New Regionalisms. BIC Classification: KCP; LB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Despite regionalism having developed into a global phenomenon, the European Union (EU) is still more often than not presented as the ’role-model of regionalism’ whose institutional designs and norms are adopted by other regional actors and organizations as part of a rather passive ’downloading process’. Reaching beyond such a Eurocentric perception, Mapping Agency provides an empirically rich ’African perspective’ on regionalisms in Sub-Saharan Africa. It adopts an actor-centred approach but departs from a rather simplified understanding of agency as exerting power and instead scrutinizes to what extent actors actually participate in or are excluded from processes of regionalism. The value ... Read more
Despite regionalism having developed into a global phenomenon, the European Union (EU) is still more often than not presented as the ’role-model of regionalism’ whose institutional designs and norms are adopted by other regional actors and organizations as part of a rather passive ’downloading process’. Reaching beyond such a Eurocentric perception, Mapping Agency provides an empirically rich ’African perspective’ on regionalisms in Sub-Saharan Africa. It adopts an actor-centred approach but departs from a rather simplified understanding of agency as exerting power and instead scrutinizes to what extent actors actually participate in or are excluded from processes of regionalism. The value ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Condition
New
Series
International Political Economy of New Regionalisms
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138252073
SKU
V9781138252073
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About Ulrike Lorenz-Carl
Ulrike Lorenz-Carl is Assistant Professor of International Politics at the University of Potsdam, Germany. Martin Rempe is Assistant Professor at the University of Konstanz, Germany.
Reviews for Mapping Agency: Comparing Regionalisms in Africa
A Baker & Taylor Academic Essentials Title in Area/Ethnic Studies: Black Studies outside the U.S. ’This welcome volume sheds light on the under-explored phenomena of regionalisms in Africa, helping us to understand not only how the regionalisms of that continent continue to shape its politics, but also how the debates on African regionalism can contribute to wider comparative study. Deserves ... Read more