The Southern African Development Community (sadc) And The European Union (eu): Regionalism And External Influence
by Johannes Muntschick /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book explores regionalism in the Southern African Development
Community (SADC) and highlights the influence of the European Union
(EU) as an extra-regional actor on the organization and integration
process. The analysis is guided by theory and explains the
emergence, institutional design and performance of SADC’s major
integration projects in the issue areas of the economy, security
and infrastructure. It provides in this way a profound assessment
of the organization as a whole. The study shows that South Africa
plays a regional key role as driver for integration while external
influence of the EU is ambivalent in character because it unfolds a
supportive or obstructive impact. The author argues that the EU
gains influence over regional integration processes in the SADC on
the basis of patterns of asymmetric interdependence and becomes a
‘game-changer’ insofar as it facilitates or impedes solutions to
regional cooperation problems.
This book explores regionalism in the Southern African Development
Community (SADC) and highlights the influence of the European Union
(EU) as an extra-regional actor on the organization and integration
process. The analysis is guided by theory and explains the
emergence, institutional design and performance of SADC’s major
integration projects in the issue areas of the economy, security
and infrastructure. It provides in this way a profound assessment
of the organization as a whole. The study shows that South Africa
plays a regional key role as driver for integration while external
influence of the EU is ambivalent in character because it unfolds a
supportive or obstructive impact. The author argues that the EU
gains influence over regional integration processes in the SADC on
the basis of patterns of asymmetric interdependence and becomes a
‘game-changer’ insofar as it facilitates or impedes solutions to
regional cooperation problems.