List of Abbreviations
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction: A 3D Guide To the Study of International
Organizations
Chapter 2: Theorizing African Union as a 3D International
Organization
Chapter 3: Interstate Cooperation in Africa in Historical
Perspective
Chapter 4: The Impact of Entrepreneurship, Institution and Social
Norms in the Negotiation of the African Union
Chapter 5: African Union Promotion of Good Political Governance
Chapter 6: African Peace and Security Architecture
Chapter 7: Human Rights
Chapter 8: Conclusion
References
Thomas Tieku is associate professor of Political Science and coordinator of Social Justice and Peace Studies at King's University College at Western University in Canada.
Governing Africa is unquestionably the best book I have read on the
African Union (AU). The footnotes indicate that the book is the
culmination of more than a decade of desktop research and
interviews by Thomas Tieku. The book’s contribution to scholarship
is immense.... Governing Africa ’s strength lies in its rich
empirical data, and the book is a must for the book order list of
all departments of International Relations, Politics, History and
African Studies. It is the essential read for all diplomats and
other practitioners who might in future cross paths with the
AU.
*South African Journal of International Affairs*
Amidst a rapidly growing field of books on the African Union,
Tieku’s 3D analysis opens a path-breaking perspective to the study
of the International Organizations. It radically explores the
African Union by challenging existing conceptual and analytical
orthodoxies, and offers a three dimensional (3D) integrated
framing: intergovernmental, supranational, and ‘outsiders,’ that
hones the knowledge base for evaluating this dynamic Pan-African
organization. Beyond its excellent conceptual innovativeness and
the critical examination of three sets of actors, this book
reflects original thinking in the field of theory building that,
though rooted in an African organization, has much wider
ramifications for the ways we understand International
Organizations (IOs) in a changing world order.
*Cyril Obi, program director, African Peacebuilding Network of the
Social Science Research Council, New York*
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