The East African Community

Intraregional Integration and Relations with the EU
Herausgeber: Trouille, Jean-Marc; Uwimbabazi, Penine; Trouille, Helen

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Produktbeschreibung

This book brings together African and European experts from a variety of disciplines to examine the origins and current state of the East African Community (EAC). It will be of interest to researchers working on economic development, international relations, peace and security, and African studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 357g
• ISBN-13: 9780367698447
• ISBN-10: 0367698447
• Artikelnr.: 69890569

Autorenporträt

Jean-Marc Trouille is Jean Monnet Professor in European Economic Integration at the University of Bradford, UK, and the Principal Investigator of the EU Commission's Jean Monnet Network 'The European Union, Africa and China in the Global Age' (EU-EAC). Helen Trouille is Senior Lecturer in Law at York St John University, UK, a Solicitor and Court interpreter. She is an associate partner of the EU-EAC Jean Monnet Network. Penine Uwimbabazi is Professor of Policy Analysis and Conflict Transformation and Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academics at the Protestant Institute of Arts and Social Sciences in Huye, Rwanda. She is the representative of the EU-EAC Jean Monnet Network in Rwanda.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction - A Journey Towards Regional Interation Part 1: History and
Legal Structures 1. Rethinking the Collapse of the First East African
Community (1977): Lessons for the EU 2. Contrasting Political Systems and
the Challenge of Regional Integration in East Africa 3. Regulating the EAC:
The origins, jurisdiction and authority of the East African Court of
Justice Part 2: The Economics of Integration 4. An Analysis of Trade Trends
in Africa: The EU and China in East Africa 5. The East African Community:
Strong dimensions, weak dimensions and challenges 6. Legal and
Institutional Framework for Equitable Distribution of foreign direct
investments in the East African Community Part 3: Politics of Integration
7.Why the European Union is Not Enough: Germany's bilateral promotion of
regional integration in the East African Community 8. The EAC and the
Burundi Crisis: The East African Standby Force as an instrument for
security integration 9. South Sudan: Challenges and chances as a member of
the EAC Part 4: Social Integration and Civil Society 10.Social Integration:
A reflection on migration, education, normative power and human rights in
the East African Community 11. Democratic overstay and the revolting
constituency: The EU at the crossroads in (East) Africa 12. Concluding
remarks: The East African Community and the European Union: Observations by
a practitioner