{"product_id":"the-african-union-tony-karbo-9781788311502","title":"The African Union: Autocracy, Diplomacy and Peacebuilding in Africa","description":"The African Union has been a major factor in establishing peace, security and development in Africa. Today, however, the intranational body is struggling in the midst of a perceived dissipating appetite for supporting continental institutions. Previously seen as the panacea to Africa's continuing problems with violence and corruption in society, under the slogan \"African Solutions to African Problems\", the African Union, this book argues, seems to have run its course.\u003cbr\u003eRecognizing that the measured successes in political emancipation which have been recorded across the African continent do not seem to have translated into economic and social gains for its 1.2 billion citizens, the AU adopted a new development framework dubbed \"Agenda 2063\". The framework calls on African leaders to rediscover the  Pan African' spirit and to create the  Africa Africans want'. In practice this means a new focus and engagement with the African Diaspora, tapping into their strong track-record in economic development. As this book shows however, there remain deep differences over the meaning, timing and sequencing of pan-African integration. Indeed, different member states have different understandings of the role of the African Union itself. \u003cbr\u003eThis essential handbook, from one of the leading research institutions on the continent, seeks to uncover what some of those understandings are and why the unification project has remained so elusive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tony Karbo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1788311507\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781788311502\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2018","brand":"Tony Karbo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44522777706751,"sku":"9781788311502","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6c739303-13fb-4ea8-8e85-d4fd3ae0e651.jpg?v=1700158968","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-african-union-tony-karbo-9781788311502","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}