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The Impact of Regionalism on Democracy Building: An Examination of the Southern African Development Community (SADC)
2017
Since the early 1990s, the world has witnessed a new wave of regionalism and a mushrooming of regional integration organizations, particularly in the global South. Focusing on Africa, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) ranks among the most promising examples of regionalism on the continent. The SADC explicitly aims at building and advancing democracy in the region and its member states as part of its broader agenda on regional development. From a political science perspective, there is general agreement that regional integration and parallel institution building can be useful measures to promote and strengthen democratic rule, since an appropriate institutional “lock-in” impl…
Introduction: Research Interest and Research Questions
2017
This chapter explores the theoretical and empirical puzzles of regionalism in the Global South on the example of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The SADC is one of the most realistic and promising examples of the new regionalism and shows constant dynamics in a number of policy areas. The main research interest of this much-needed analysis is to explain the emergence, institutional design and performance of regionalism in the SADC from a political science perspective. In order to provide innovative research, the analytical focus is on the role and influence of regional key countries and, particularly, external actors. Moreover, this chapter offers a comprehensive overview…
Unió Valenciana (1982-2008). Una aproximación
2009
Unió Valenciana (UV) és l’únic partit valencià d’àmbit no estatal que, des de la restauració democràtica de 1977, ha estat representat, durant algunes legislatures, tant en les institucions locals com en els parlaments espanyol i valencià. En primer lloc, estudiem les fractures sociopolítiques que donen lloc al regionalisme anticatalanista valencià contemporani i al seu màxim exponent polític: Unió Valenciana. Posteriorment, ens referim a la història d’aquesta força política. Finalment, analitzem la importància d’UV dins del sistema valencià de partits, l’evolució del seu suport electoral i de la seua capacitat de representació en els distints àmbits institucionals. Concloem que el naixemen…
UNA RIFLESSIONE SULLE PROSPETTIVE DELL’AUTONOMIA SICILIANA NEL CONTROVERSO INCEDERE DEL REGIONALISMO DIFFERENZIATO
2021
L’Autonomia siciliana e le sue istituzioni sono state concepite dai padri dello Statuto come un valore essenziale per garantire il riscatto della Sicilia, ma pure quale espressione di responsabilità, anche intergenerazionale.
L’Autonomia speciale, la variegata attuazione del regionalismo differenziato e gli spazi per un rilancio
2018
L'articolo esprime la posizione di un’autonomia speciale (anche se le speciali prima del 2001 venivano parimenti definite differenziate), che, nonostante quanto spesso comunemente si affermi, ha visto progressivamente restringersi gli spazi di autonomia, sopratutto in materia finanziaria, sul percorso dell’inveramento delle previsioni dell’art. 116, terzo comma, Cost. e il ruolo delle Regioni speciali ed, in particolare, di quelle insulari del sud nel percorso ormai decisamente avviato dal regionalismo italiano che, abbandonata - almeno temporaneamente - la prospettiva di una revisione del quadro costituzionale di riferimento, si proietta verso un’attuazione piena delle norme vigenti e ciò …
The Southern African Development Community (SADC): An Analytical Overview of Its History, Policies and Institutional Framework
2017
This chapter gives fundamental background information about the history and development of regionalism in Southern Africa and about the current state of the SADC as a modern regional integration organisation. In terms of an analytical overview, Muntschick reflects briefly on the formation, character and objectives of the region’s old regionalisms such as the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), the Frontline States (FLS) and particularly the Southern African Development Co-ordination Conference (SADCC) as predecessors of the SADC. Also, this chapter turns to the new regionalism and provides detailed information on the SADC as an organisation, its member states, key agenda and central poli…
Culturas políticas del nacionalismo español: el caso de la ciudad de Valencia (1958-1979)
2015
El estudio de las grandes culturas políticas del franquismo se ha detenido en el análisis de ciertos discursos y prácticas que emanaban de los grandes líderes políticos del régimen. Desde nuestro punto de vista, ha faltado una necesaria reflexión sobre la concreción del desarrollo de esas culturas políticas en el régimen local. El aumento, en número y profundidad, de los estudios sobre la evolución política e ideológica de las instituciones locales en el régimen, unido a un creciente número de los centros documentales que lo han permitido, ha posibilitado avanzar en dicho conocimiento pero sin la consiguiente complementación con un estudio de las culturas políticas del nacionalismo español …
City profile: Valencia
2009
Abstract The historically agrarian and provincial city of Valencia has recently been transformed into a Spanish regional capital, a Mediterranean cultural and economic center, and a major tourism destination. Valencia’s engagement with globalization and European integration has unfolded amidst complex regional politics, marked by vigorous debates about cultural difference, political autonomy, and official bilingualism (Castilian Spanish and Valenciano/Catalan). Here we survey the city’s two millennia of historical development, explore recent urban changes through five emblematic urban landscapes, and briefly discuss major urban policy and planning challenges facing the city. Valencia is a p…
On the African Continental Free Trade Area
2021
Africa-wide integration projects have competed with step-wise regional integration since independence. This chapter examines the new project of an African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The project’s potential to become an economic game-changer for Africa is analysed alongside the likely pitfalls of the arrangement. We conclude that while a well-staged AfCFTA can resolve a number of critical issues associated with intra-African integration, it cannot replace existing RECs, especially not with respect to negotiating extra-regional trade agreements. It is argued that to avoid undercutting the entire process, the entrenched logic of exceptions and exclusions from tariff liberalization m…