Regional integration and warlord politics : the case of West Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorSeegers, Annetteen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorNakana, Steven Cen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-29T07:21:42Z
dc.date.available2014-09-29T07:21:42Z
dc.date.issued2002en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis research thesis is a critique of the main explanations of regional integration in West Africa. In critiquing West African regional integration, this research introduces and integrates the growing literature on the concept of warlords with theory of regional integration. The main explanations of West African regional integration are functionalism and federalism respectively. The critique in this study is informed by the practical lack of successful regional integration in West Africa, i.e. the failure to merge West African states and establish regional co-operation through regional integration. With regards to West African regional integration, the conventional, also known as the traditional view, argues and maintains that on practical and theoretical levels, integrationist approaches are inherently inappropriate to such integration because they ignore complex realities faced by states that are integrating or wish to integrate. According to the conventional argument, these realities include forces such as globalisation, the nature of North-South trade relations, the colonial experience, which today is responsible for the chaotic social-political and economic landscape in regions such as West Africa This landscape is characterised by economically, politically and institutionally weak countries.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationNakana, S. C. (2002). <i>Regional integration and warlord politics : the case of West Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7708en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationNakana, Steven C. <i>"Regional integration and warlord politics : the case of West Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7708en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNakana, S. 2002. Regional integration and warlord politics : the case of West Africa. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Nakana, Steven C AB - This research thesis is a critique of the main explanations of regional integration in West Africa. In critiquing West African regional integration, this research introduces and integrates the growing literature on the concept of warlords with theory of regional integration. The main explanations of West African regional integration are functionalism and federalism respectively. The critique in this study is informed by the practical lack of successful regional integration in West Africa, i.e. the failure to merge West African states and establish regional co-operation through regional integration. With regards to West African regional integration, the conventional, also known as the traditional view, argues and maintains that on practical and theoretical levels, integrationist approaches are inherently inappropriate to such integration because they ignore complex realities faced by states that are integrating or wish to integrate. According to the conventional argument, these realities include forces such as globalisation, the nature of North-South trade relations, the colonial experience, which today is responsible for the chaotic social-political and economic landscape in regions such as West Africa This landscape is characterised by economically, politically and institutionally weak countries. DA - 2002 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2002 T1 - Regional integration and warlord politics : the case of West Africa TI - Regional integration and warlord politics : the case of West Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7708 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/7708
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationNakana SC. Regional integration and warlord politics : the case of West Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies, 2002 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7708en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Political Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherReligious Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleRegional integration and warlord politics : the case of West Africaen_ZA
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