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This book is a comprehensive effort to assess the challenges of region-building and regional integration in Africa, reviewing over five decades of experience. It looks in depth at all five African sub-regions and draws comparative lessons from Europe, Asia and Latin America.

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Introduction; Daniel Levine and Dawn Nagar
PART I: THEMES AND CONCEPTS OF REGION-BUILDING AND REGIONAL INTEGRATION IN AFRICA
1. Region-building Debates in a Global Context; Louise Fawcett \
2. Regional Integration in Africa: Theory and Practice; John Ravenhill
3. A Tale of Three Cassandras: Jean Monnet, Raúl Prebisch, and Adebayo Adedeji; Adekeye Adebajo
PART II: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF AFRICA´S REGION-BUILDING AND REGIONAL INTEGRATION INITIATIVES
4. Cross-border Interactions and Regionalism; Daniel Bach
5. Infrastructure and Regional Integration in Africa; Afeikhena Jerome and David Nabena
6. African Agency Post-2015: The Roles of Regional Powers and Developmental States in Regional Integration; Timothy M. Shaw
7. The Political Economy of Africa´s Region-building and Regional Integration; Samuel K.B. Asante
PART III: THE AFRICAN UNION (AU) AND SUB-REGIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND INITIATIVES
8. The African Union and Region Integration in Africa; Kasaija Phillip Apuuli
9. Region-building in Southern Africa; Scott Taylor
10. Region-building in Eastern Africa; Gilbert M. Khadiagala
11. COMESA and SADC: The Era of Convergence; Dawn Nagar
12. Region-building in West Africa; Said Adejumobi
13. Region-building in Central Africa; René Lemarchand
14. Region-building in North Africa; Azzedine Layachi
PART IV: COMPARATIVE REGIONAL SCHEMES: LESSONS FOR AFRICA
15. Necessary but Not Automatic: How Europe Learned to Integrate; N. Piers Ludlow
16. Lessons from Asia: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations; Mely Caballero-Anthony
17. Lessons from Latin America: MERCOSUR; Laura Goméz-Mera
Conclusion; Daniel Levine

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"The book is substantial and constitutes a relevant reference point for the pan-African intelligentsia dealing with regionalism. Nineteen renowned authors provide contributions ... . The book holds particular value for readers looking for themes fuelling debates on regionalism in Africa." (Frank Mattheis, South African Journal of International Affairs, August, 2017)

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Daniel H. Levine is a consultant to the Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR), Cape Town, South Africa, and a Research Fellow at the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland, USA.

Dawn Nagar is a Researcher at the Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR), Cape Town, South Africa.

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