Modes of Regional Governance in Africa: Neoliberalism, Sovereignty-boosting and Shadow Networks
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Author Söderbaum, Fredrik Title Modes of Regional Governance in Africa: Neoliberalism, Sovereignty-boosting and Shadow Networks Appearing in Global Governance Volume 10 Issue No. 4 Publication Date 2004 Place of Publication Boulder Publisher Lynne Rienner Publishers Start page 419 End page 436 Language EN Abstract Drawing on critical international political economy (IPE), the purpose of the article is to assess some important modes of regional governance in Africa with regard to how these are related, by whom they are erected, and whom and what purpose they serve. The critical perspective and distinctions made between formalinformal and publicprivate modes of regional governance makes it possible to transcend the bias inherent in the conventional usage of the concept of governance (“good governance” and formalpublic governance). The study highlights three modes of regional governance in Africa—neoliberal regional governance; sovereigntyboosting governance; and regional shadow governance—all which tend to have more informal and private characteristics than the conventional idealisation of formalpublic governance. As a result they also have many negative consequences for the poor and excluded.
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