Spatializing Practices of Regional Organizations during Conflict Intervention: The Politics of ECOWAS and the African Union

This book explores the role of African regional organizations in conflict intervention and their intimate connection to space-making. It argues that intervention practices are essentially spatializing practices, contributing to the construction and formatting of regional spaces and ordering relations between them. It provides a new theory-oriented analytical approach to study African regional organizations and their complex dynamics of African peace and security, based on insights from Critical Geography.

Format: Hardback
Length: 226 pages
Publication date: 18 March 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive book delves into the intricate dynamics of conflict intervention by African regional organizations and their profound connection to the creation of space. Through extensive empirical research, it compellingly argues that these intervention practices are, in essence, spatializing endeavors, driven by specific spatial imaginations that shape and order regional spaces. By examining the field of conflict intervention practices within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU), the book offers a novel theory-oriented analytical approach to understanding African regional organizations (ROs) and the complex interplay of African peace and security. It fills a significant empirical gap by exploring the internal workings of African ROs and their lack of theorization. Moreover, the book showcases the diversity and complexity of intervention practices, involving a range of actors within and around these organizations, all intricately linked to the process of space-making.

This book holds immense value for students and scholars engaged in the study of African Politics, Governance, Peace and Security Studies, International or Regional Organizations, Comparative Regionalism, International Relations, and International Studies. It provides valuable insights into the spatial dimensions of conflict intervention and offers a fresh perspective on understanding the role of African ROs in shaping the regional landscape.

Weight: 512g
Dimension: 160 x 241 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367618032