This article argues that regional integration can follow three different developmental paths,
depending on the centrality of external economic actors and economic asymmetries in …

To a great extent, this study has its roots in Southern Africa. It was during a semester abroad
at the University of Namibia when my interest in African politics, the state in Africa and …

This chapter scrutinizes the phenomenon of informal cross-border trade (ICBT) within the
East African Community (EAC) through following traders' incentives to rely on informal trade …

This paper proposes an innovative theoretical approach to the analysis of regionalism by
taking the impact of extra-regional relations and the influence of external actors explicitly into …

Contemporary Regional Development in Africa interrogates well-known concerns in the
areas of regionalism and economic integration in contemporary Africa, while offering an …

Regional economic integration in the post-Soviet space stands in a complex relation with the
European Union's integration process. Multiple competing internal logics of integration, as …

This article addresses the questions, why the rather successful process of regional market
integration in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is stalling at present …

The influence that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) and its preliminary rulings exert on
the process of European integration is a widely discussed topic in the academic literature …

This chapter offers a micro-perspective and looks at regional public administrations as key
structures of regional organisations in Africa. Taking an inter-organisational approach, the …

Regional integration is a surprisingly widespread phenomenon in the developing world
despite the fact that the (intraregional) economic gains of market integration seem to be low …