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The Political Economy of Regionalism

The Case of Southern Africa

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  • © 2004

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Authors:
  1. Fredrik Söderbaum

    1. Department of Peace and Development Research, Göteborg University (Padrigu), Sweden
      United Nations University/Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU/CRIS), Bruges, Belgium

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Part of the book series: International Political Economy Series (IPES)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction

    • Fredrik Söderbaum
    Pages 1-14

  3. Reviewing the Theoretical Landscape

    • Fredrik Söderbaum
    Pages 15-36

  4. Theorizing the New Regionalism Approach

    • Fredrik Söderbaum
    Pages 37-53

  5. The Historical Construction of ‘Southern Africa’

    • Fredrik Söderbaum
    Pages 54-67

  6. The Political Economy of Formal and Informal Regionalism

    • Fredrik Söderbaum
    Pages 68-114

  7. Civil Society Regionalism

    • Fredrik Söderbaum
    Pages 115-136

  8. The Political Economy of Shared River Basins: the Case of the Zambezi

    • Fredrik Söderbaum
    Pages 137-159

  9. The Political Economy of Micro-regionalism: the Case of the Maputo Development Corridor

    • Fredrik Söderbaum
    Pages 160-192

  10. Conclusion

    • Fredrik Söderbaum
    Pages 193-214

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 215-251
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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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Peace and Development Research, Göteborg University (Padrigu), Sweden

    Fredrik Söderbaum

  • United Nations University/Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU/CRIS), Bruges, Belgium

    Fredrik Söderbaum

About the author

FREDRIK SÖDERBAUM is at the Department of Peace and Development Research, Göteborg University (Padrigu), and the United Nations University/Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU/CRIS). Recent books include Regionalization in a Globalizing World, Theories of New Regionalism, The New Regionalism of Africa, Regionalism and Uneven Development in Southern Africa: The Case of the Maputo Development Corridor.

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