Developing less developed countries: regional integration in Southern Africa

Abstract

"Since the end of the cold war, and in the shade of an intensifying globalisation, a new wave of regionalism has emerged in several parts of the world. A variety of competetive political, economic or combined approaches have attempted to explain regionalism from different viewpoints, but have run short as their focus is mainly on developed countries and 'success-stories' like the well dissected European Union (EU). According to international political economy and political factors of demand and supply. These are inter alia economics of scale and comparative cost advantages or common institutions and benevolent policy entrepreneurs. (...)" (author's abstract)