Political Economy of Regionalisation in Central Africa
- ISBN-10
- 1920114572
- ISBN-13
- 9781920114572
- Pages
- 193
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Institute for Security Studies
- Author
- Chrysantus Ayangafac
Description
Regional Economic Communities (RECs) have been heralded as the building blocks of the African Peace and Security Architecture. However, while other regions of the continent have made laudable progress towards economic and political integration, Central Africa is facing a human security and integration crisis. What explains the sad reality of human insecurity in the region? Is regional integration a policy imperative that would redress the human security situation of the region? Drawing insights from new institutional economics, the monograph argues that until there is a positive alignment between political security and human security, the region will continue to face a human security crisis. Borrowing from comparative political economy it argues that states in the region view regionalisation as an extension of domestic politics. As such, they must maintain a precarious balance between the potential long-term gains of regionalisation and the perceived short-term political cost to their survival. Thus, regionalisation has become a mechanism more often than not used to enhance regime security rather than human security. As a policy response, the monograph calls for political convergence, that is improved domestic political and economic governance, to form the building blocks of the RECs and the African Peace and Security Architecture.
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