The Political Economy of Regionalism The Case of Southern Africa
Description
The Political Economy of Regionalism: The Case of Southern Africa challenges prevailing wisdom, showing how ruling political elites and 'big business' join forces with certain external actors in order to promote market integration and economic globalization, boost regimes, and to satisfy group-specific and even personal interests. Only rarely do these forms of regionalism contribute to the poor and disadvantaged, who instead opt out, and survive through informal economic regionalisms or seek to create regionalisms rooted in civil society.
Keywords
Political ScienceWorldAfricanInternational RelationsPublic PolicyEconomic PolicyPolitical EconomyBusiness & EconomicsEconomicsMacroeconomicsPolitical IdeologiesEconomic Conditions
2004Book
Author(s)FREDRIK SODERBAUM
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781403920836
LanguageEnglish
