The Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the European Union (EU)
Regionalism and External Influence
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Beschreibung
This book explores regionalism in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and highlights the influence of the European Union (EU) as an extra-regional actor on the organization and integration process. The analysis is guided by theory and explains the emergence, institutional design and performance of SADC’s major integration projects in the issue areas of the economy, security and infrastructure. It provides in this way a profound assessment of the organization as a whole. The study shows that South Africa plays a regional key role as driver for integration while external influence of the EU is ambivalent in character because it unfolds a supportive or obstructive impact. The author argues that the EU gains influence over regional integration processes in the SADC on the basis of patterns of asymmetric interdependence and becomes a ‘game-changer’ insofar as it facilitates or impedes solutions to regional cooperation problems.
This book explores regionalism in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and highlights the influence of the European Union (EU) as an extra-regional actor on the organization and integration process. The analysis is guided by theory and explains the emergence, institutional design and performance of SADC’s major integration projects in the issue areas of the economy, security and infrastructure. It provides in this way a profound assessment of the organization as a whole. The study shows that South Africa plays a regional key role as driver for integration while external influence of the EU is ambivalent in character because it unfolds a supportive or obstructive impact. The author argues that the EU gains influence over regional integration processes in the SADC on the basis of patterns of asymmetric interdependence and becomes a ‘game-changer’ insofar as it facilitates or impedes solutions to regional cooperation problems.
Offers one of the first systematic and theory-driven explorations of SADC, a promising new example of regionalism in sub-Saharan Africa Adds to the existing theoretical framework of New Regionalism, by focusing on the key role of external actors such as the EU Includes the latest up-to-date empirical data on the nature, performance and institutional effectiveness of the SADC's central cooperation projects Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Johannes Muntschick
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“Muntschick’s contribution is a valuable addition to the literature on (external) influences on regional organisations, and to ongoing debates among scholars and policymakers about theory building and empirical/case studies. He provides a substantial theoretical framework with which to analyse the role of external and internal actors on the crucial policy field of regional organisations, and offers insights into a still under-researched region.” (Mariel Reiss, South African Journal of International Affairs, October 31, 2018)
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“This outstanding contribution to comparative regionalism studies overcomes the fallacy to isolate regions from outside pressures. Johannes Muntschick’s rigorous theory-driven analysis provides fascinating answers to the logic and performance of SADC in its most important policy areas: economy, security and infrastructure.” (Fredrik Söderbaum, Professor, University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
“Providing a useful theoretical framework and applying it to an interesting but understudied region, this book provides a very insightful analysis of what has worked and why in the SADC region across five key policy areas, with important implications for policy-makers: "external actors" can support integration where countries seek it, but also undermine it.” (Bruce Byiers, European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM), the Netherlands)“This is a rich and rigid analysis of the SADC over time. It shows how the external influence of the EU affects outcome via the interestsand opportunities of local actors. A must read for all scholars of comparative regionalism.” (Michael Zürn, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), Germany)
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