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Micro-regionalism in West Africa : evidence from two case studies / edited by Fredrik Sèoderbaum and Ian Taylor.
Lippincott Library HC1000 . M53 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Discussion paper (Nordiska Afrikainstitutet) ; 34.
- LSE health and social care discussion paper
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Regionalism.
- Africa, West--Economic integration.
- Africa, West.
- West Africa.
- Africa, West--Economic conditions--1960-.
- Economic conditions.
- Regionalism--Africa, West--Case studies.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 34 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2007.
- Summary:
- This collection seeks to complement and advance recent studies on regionalism in Africa and the implications that this has for the continent's development. The two case studies on cross-border micro-regionalism in the borderlands of Mali-Burkina Faso and Niger-Nigeria are part of the work of the West Africa Borders and Integration (WABI). WABI is a research institute that looks at cross-border developments in West Africa, particularly at the convergence between political will and regionalisation on the ground.
- Providing a challenge to the considerable number of state-centric, formalistic and not seldom overly idealistic studies in this field, the two cases show quite clearly that formal borders either essentially do not exist in the Westphalian sense, being ignored by local populations and traders, or, are strategically used by (often self-styled) representatives of the state to extract resources and rents. In either case, the Eurocentric notion of fixed boundaries and bordered delineations has little purchase in the West African Sahel. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Fredrik Soderbaum, Ian Taylor Thinking about Micro-Regionalism in West Africa 5
- Chapter 1 / Marie Tremolieres Regionalisms in the Sahel: The Mopti-Ouahigouya Cross-Border Area 8
- Chapter 2 / Mohamadou Abdoul, Marie Tremolieres Cross-Border Cooperation between Niger and Nigeria: The Case of the Maradi Micro-Region 23.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 34).
- ISBN:
- 9789171065841
- 9171065849
- OCLC:
- 77547742
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