1st Edition
Rethinking Civil Society Regionalism in Africa Challenges and Opportunities in Democratic Participation and Peacebuilding in the Post-ECOWAS Vision 2020
Introduction
1 The Making of Civil Society in African Regions and Regionalisms
2 Analytical Framework
3 The Contextual Understanding of the Evolution of Regional Civil Society in West Africa
4 Civil Society and Democratic Participation in the West African Regionalism
5 Civil Society and Regional Peacebuilding in West Africa: Assessing the Evolution of the West African Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) as an Actor
6 Conclusion
Biography
Dele Kogbe, PhD is a visiting research fellow at the University of South Wales, UK, and co-convenor of the British International Studies Association – Africa Working Group. He has taught politics and international relations at the University of Dundee, where he co-founded Dundee Africa Research Network. A writer of multiple parts, besides researching African security and comparative regionalism, Dele is a published poet, novelist and playwright who employs a literary medium and social research to interrogate complex issues of politics and societies in speaking the truth to power. He is the author of The Girl Who Dares the King (Drama).
'I am more than happy to highly recommend Dele Kogbe's book. This is an outstanding piece of research which breaks new theoretical ground and provides a wealth of new and important empirical data which greatly enriches the field of studies on regional civil society.'
Professor Cameron Ross, University of Dundee, UK.
‘With ‘Rethinking Civil Society Regionalism in Africa’, Dele Kogbe brings into regionalism studies a consideration of civil society organisations and how they shape processes of specific regions. The book provides original theoretical and empirical analyses on Africa, and West Africa in particular, where the literature has tended to ignore African contributions to knowledge and practice of civil society regionalism. Indeed, this is an outstanding book which breaks new theoretical ground and provides a wealth of new and important empirical data which greatly enriches the field of studies on regional civil society. Dele Kogbe provides a very interesting and compelling analysis of an important and largely under-researched topic. As such, this book offers innovative insights for scholars interested in the African security, regionalism studies, as well as regional civil society more generally.’
Professor Christian Kaunert, University of South Wales, UK and Dublin City University, Republic of Ireland.
