This edited volume transcends conventional state-centric and formalistic notions of regionalism and theorizes, conceptualizes and analyzes the complexities and contradictions of regionalization processes in contemporary Africa. The collection not only unpacks and theorizes the African state-society complex with regard to new regionalism, but also explicitly integrates the often neglected discourse of human security and human development. In so doing, the book moves the discussion of new regionalism forward.

Contents: Foreword, Christopher Clapham; Preface, Timothy M. Shaw; Introduction: the new regionalism in Africa, J. Andrew Grant and Fredrik Söderbaum. Part I: Regional Perspectives: New regionalism as an alias: regionalization through trans-state networks, Daniel C. Bach; Weak states, strong regimes: towards a 'Real' political economy of African regionalization, Morten Bÿås; New regionalism, states and non-state actors in West Africa, Okechukwu C. Iheduru; Regional development-environment discourses, policies and practices in post-Apartheid Southern Africa, David Simon. Part II: National Perspectives: Deteriorating human security in Kenya: domestic, regional and global dimensions, Stephen Brown; New regionalism and conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo: networks of plunder and networks for peace, Sandra J. MacLean; New regionalism and micro-regionalism in South-Western Africa: the oil-rich enclave of Cabinda, J. Andrew Grant; Angola after Savimbi: new hope for the South/Central region? J. Zöe Wilson and Arsène Bwenge Mwaka; Cold War regional hangovers in Southern Africa: Zambian development strategies, SADC and the new regionalism approach, Eve Sandberg and Naomi Sabel. Part III: Conclusions: Regionalization, the state and human security/development in Africa: thoughts for advancing the debate, Kevin C. Dunn and James J. Hentz; The future of new regionalism in Africa: regional governance, human security/development and beyond, Timothy M. Shaw, Fredrik Söderbaum, Julius E. Nyang'oro and J. Andrew Grant; Bibliography; Index.

J. Andrew Grant is a researcher at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada and also works for the Centre for Developing-Area Studies at McGill University in Montréal, Canada. Fredrik Söderbaum is a post-doctoral researcher within the Department of Peace and Development Research (Padrigu) at Göteborg University in Göteborg, Sweden.