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The East African Community: Intraregional Integration and Relations with the EU book cover

1st Edition

The East African Community Intraregional Integration and Relations with the EU

Edited By Jean-Marc Trouille, Helen Trouille, Penine Uwimbabazi Copyright 2021
228 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

228 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

228 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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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). Over the course of the book, the authors analyse the rich tapestry of intraregional relations in East Africa, the EAC’s similarities with the European Union and the future challenges faced by the organisation. Widely regarded as... Read more

Preface

Introduction: A Journey Towards Regional Integration

Jean-Marc Trouille

Part 1: History and Legal Structures

1. Rethinking the Collapse of the First East African Community (1977): Lessons for the EU

Asteris Huliaras and Sophia Kalantzakos

2. Contrasting Political Systems and the Challenge of Regional Integration in East Africa

Charles Amone

3. Regulating the EAC: The Origins, Jurisdiction and Authority of the East African Court of Justice

Helen Trouille

Part 2: The Economics of Integration

4. An Analysis of Trade Trends in Africa: the EU and China in East Africa

Lynette A. Odondi

5. The East African Community: Strong Dimensions, Weak Dimensions and Challenges

José Mella

6. Legal and Institutional Framework for Equitable Distribution of Foreign Direct Investments in the East African Community

Elvis Mbembe Binda

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

Harrison Kalunga Mwilima

8. The EAC and the Burundi Crisis: The East African Standby Force as an Instrument for Security Integration

Gérard Birantamije

9. South Sudan: Challenges and Chances as a Member of the EAC

Dirk Hansohm

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

Penine Uwimbabazi

11. Democratic Overstay and the Revolting Constituency: The EU at the Crossroads in (East) Africa

Julaina A. Obika and Moses Onyango

12. Concluding Remarks: The East African Community and the European Union: Observations by a Practitioner

Roeland van de Geer

 

Biography

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.

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