Overview
- Presents inside views by a diverse group of academics and practitioners mainly from Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific in a field that is otherwise dominated by scholarship from outside the ACP regions
- Locates the technical issues of the ACP-EU cooperation within the context of broader geo-strategic, political, and economic changes that are forcing both sides to reassess their relationship
- Provides an up-to-date assessment of the ACP-EU partnership at a key juncture in its history, i.e. when it is facing existential threats
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Historical Foundations of the ACP-EU Relationship
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An Anatomy of the ACP-EU Relationship
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ACP Experiences with the Economic Partnership Agreements
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Other Key Issues in the ACP-EU Relationship
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About this book
Reviews
“This is an original contribution, both thanks to its timeliness - as the EU and the ACP states are looking to reinvent their relationship - and its geographical scope – volumes focusing on the ACP region remain rare. It also fully delivers on its promise to offer an original ACP perspective, in great part thanks to its mix of academic and diplomatic authors from the ACP states. The coherence of its style and presentation further makes it very readable.” (Marie Gibert, Visiting Fellow, Centre for European and International Studies Research, University of Portsmouth, UK)
“This book is an important retrospective on a major landmark in North-South relations. It gives valuable insights into institution-building, transitions, adjustments, and the management of unequal power relations. Most importantly, it does so largely from the perspectives of ACP actors, filling a gap in the research on EPA negotiations and implementation. Well-organised and original, it concentrates on priority issues for ACP countries, and the strategic choices they face in developing their regional and inter-regional networks.” (Jessica Byron-Reid, Director, Institute of International Relations, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago)
“This book provides an authoritative account of the evolution, nature, and dynamics of a unique partnership between developing and developed countries in a complex multi-polar global context. It also provides insights into the impact of the partnership on development and regional integration in ACP regions, while shedding light on the emerging nucleus of a post-Cotonou framework in parallel ACP and EU processes. This book is essential reading for those interested in development studies and international relations.” (Kaire Mbuende, Ambassador of Namibia to Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and the EU)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Kudrat Virk is Senior Researcher at the Centre for Conflict Resolution in Cape Town, South Africa.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The ACP Group and the EU Development Partnership
Book Subtitle: Beyond the North-South Debate
Editors: Annita Montoute, Kudrat Virk
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45492-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Centre for Conflict Resolution 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-45491-7Published: 06 January 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-45492-4Published: 01 January 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 380
Number of Illustrations: 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: Comparative Politics, Regional Development, European Union Politics, Migration, International Political Economy, Development Economics