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Afro-regions
Fredrik Söderbaum
Ian Taylor
Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
其他書名
The Dynamics of Cross-border Micro-regionalism in Africa
出版
Stylus Publishing
, 2008
主題
Business & Economics / Development / Economic Development
Political Science / Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism
Political Science / World / African
Social Science / Developing & Emerging Countries
ISBN
9171066187
9789171066183
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=18_sAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
This collection focuses on the making and unmaking of cross-border micro-regions in Africa. Its main emphasis is that micro-regions are not givens, but are constructed and reconstructed through social practice, political economy and by a variety of states, corporations and non-state actors. The region-builders are the focus—that is, those actors that build and make micro-regions and their associated region-building strategies. Key research questions are: for whom, for what purpose and with what consequences are micro-regions being made and unmade? There is also special emphasis on how people on the ground and local communities create their own region-building strategies and how they respond to the region-building strategies of others. The case studies—by leading scholars of African studies and the result of extensive fieldwork—include a wide selection of micro-regions all over Africa, such as the Maputo Development Corridor, the Zambezi Valley region, the Zambia-Malawi-Mozambique Growth Triangle, Walvis Bay, the Sierra Leone-Liberia border zone, cross-border micro-regions on the Horn of Africa, the Great Lakes region, North Africa, and more.