ECAS 2009
3rd European Conference on African Studies
Leipzig, 4 to 7 June 2009

Panel 83: Regionalizing Africa. Developing Theory and Empiricism on Region-Building (Ulrike Lorenz / Fredrik Söderbaum)

Panel Organisers: Ulrike Lorenz / Fredrik Söderbaum

How do regions come into being? Looking both at state and non-state actors, as well as formal in informal structures, this panel seeks to deepen our understanding of the construction of regionalization in Sub-Saharan Africa and its sub-regions: North, West, East, Central and Southern Africa. 

Accepted Abstracts

Civil society and social- and economic justice in Southern Africa: the regional dimension
 
Understanding African regional integration policies
 
 
Afro-regions: The dynamics of region-building in Africa
 
The regional momentum of security and insecurity. The Case of West Africa
Beyond 'Stepping Stones' and 'Stumbling Blocs' A Systematising View on the Debate 'Regionalism vs. Multilateralism' from a Development Economist’s Perspective
 
 
The Paradoxes of Continentalisation
 
 
'Is Regional Integration what States Make of it? The Social Construction of the African Union' p.schouten@theory-talks.org
 
 
 
Negotiated regions. Region-building through trade agreements