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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the European Union (EU)

Regionalism and External Influence

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Authors:
  1. Johannes Muntschick

    1. Department of Political Sciences, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany

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  • Offers one of the first systematic and theory-driven explorations of SADC, a promising new example of regionalism in sub-Saharan Africa
  • Adds to the existing theoretical framework of New Regionalism, by focusing on the key role of external actors such as the EU
  • Includes the latest up-to-date empirical data on the nature, performance and institutional effectiveness of the SADC's central cooperation projects
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction: Research Interest and Research Questions

    • Johannes Muntschick
    Pages 1-24

  3. Theoretical Approach: The Situation-Structural Model as an Analytical Tool to Explain Regionalism

    • Johannes Muntschick
    Pages 25-82

  4. The Southern African Development Community (SADC): An Analytical Overview of Its History, Policies and Institutional Framework

    • Johannes Muntschick
    Pages 83-103

  5. The Protocol on Trade and the Creation of the Southern African Development Community Free Trade Area

    • Johannes Muntschick
    Pages 105-151

  6. Exogenous Interference: The European Union’s Economic Partnership Agreements and the Stalled SADC Customs Union

    • Johannes Muntschick
    Pages 153-186

  7. Regional Security Cooperation and the SADC’s Organ for Politics, Defence and Security: A Picture of Mixed Performance

    • Johannes Muntschick
    Pages 187-228

  8. The SADC Standby Force and Its Regional Peacekeeping Training Centre: Uncertain Operational Readiness and Future of an Externally Fuelled Brigade

    • Johannes Muntschick
    Pages 229-265

  9. The Southern African Power Pool: An Electrifying Project with Untapped Potential

    • Johannes Muntschick
    Pages 267-305

  10. Conclusion

    • Johannes Muntschick
    Pages 307-322

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 323-372
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About this book

This book explores regionalism in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and highlights the influence of the European Union (EU) as an extra-regional actor on the organization and integration process. The analysis is guided by theory and explains the emergence, institutional design and performance of SADC’s major integration projects in the issue areas of the economy, security and infrastructure. It provides in this way a profound assessment of the organization as a whole. The study shows that South Africa plays a regional key role as driver for integration while external influence of the EU is ambivalent in character because it unfolds a supportive or obstructive impact. The author argues that the EU gains influence over regional integration processes in the SADC on the basis of patterns of asymmetric interdependence and becomes a ‘game-changer’ insofar as it facilitates or impedes solutions to regional cooperation problems.

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“Muntschick’s contribution is a valuable addition to the literature on (external) influences on regional organisations, and to ongoing debates among scholars and policymakers about theory building and empirical/case studies. He provides a substantial theoretical framework with which to analyse the role of external and internal actors on the crucial policy field of regional organisations, and offers insights into a still under-researched region.” (Mariel Reiss, South African Journal of International Affairs, October 31, 2018) “This outstanding contribution to comparative regionalism studies overcomes the fallacy to isolate regions from outside pressures. Johannes Muntschick’s rigorous theory-driven analysis provides fascinating answers to the logic and performance of SADC in its most important policy areas: economy, security and infrastructure.” (Fredrik Söderbaum, Professor, University of Gothenburg, Sweden)

“Providing a useful theoretical framework and applying it to an interesting but understudied region, this book provides a very insightful analysis of what has worked and why in the SADC region across five key policy areas, with important implications for policy-makers: "external actors" can support integration where countries seek it, but also undermine it.” (Bruce Byiers, European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM), the Netherlands)

“This is a rich and rigid analysis of the SADC over time. It shows how the external influence of the EU affects outcome via the interestsand opportunities of local actors. A must read for all scholars of comparative regionalism.” (Michael Zürn, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), Germany)


Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Political Sciences, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany

    Johannes Muntschick

About the author

Johannes Muntschick is Lecturer and Post-doc Research Fellow in the Department of International Relations at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, and Research Associate at the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence ‘EU in Global Dialogue’ (CEDI). 

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