The evolving forms and purposes of regional integration: the case of the European and Africa Union

Iapadre, Zeno (A.A. 2022/2023) The evolving forms and purposes of regional integration: the case of the European and Africa Union. Tesi di Laurea in Comparative history of political systems, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Rosario Forlenza, pp. 110. [Master's Degree Thesis]

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Abstract/Index

Theorizing regional integration. Grand theory of integration: neufunctionalism, intergovernmentalism, interdependency and postfunctionalism. After grand theory: middle-range theorizing. The new regionalisms: from the 1990s to the emergence of comparative analysis. Regional integration in Europe. The beginning of European integration: false starts and early concepts. European integration in practice: federalist ideas, neofunctionalist practices and intergovernmental dynamics. Direct effect, primacy and pre-emption: the affirmation of European law. The long journey towards the implementation of the "four freedoms". The delors commission and the EMU: a second wind of European integration. The principle of subsidiarity between theory and practical implementation. German reunification, the Eastern enlargement and their impact. 1996-2007: institutional reform attempts from Amsterdam to Lisbon. Developments in the time of crisis: the emerging transnational cleavage. Federalism, intergovernmentalism and the reality of "failing forward". Regional integration in Africa. The purposes and constraints of regional integration. The beginning of Africa integration: an independent Africa or an Africa of independent nations? Regionalism within Africa. Pan-African regionalism. Regional integration in Africa and Europe: a comparative perspective. The analytical framework of comparative regionalism.

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Bibliografia: pp. 99-106.

Thesis Type: Master's Degree Thesis
Institution: Luiss Guido Carli
Degree Program: Master's Degree Programs > Master's Degree Program in International Relations (LM-52)
Chair: Comparative history of political systems
Thesis Supervisor: Forlenza, Rosario
Thesis Co-Supervisor: Hashas, Mohammed
Academic Year: 2022/2023
Session: Extraordinary
Deposited by: Alessandro Perfetti
Date Deposited: 10 Jul 2024 13:26
Last Modified: 10 Jul 2024 13:26
URI: https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/39277

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