Region-Building in West Africa: Convergence and Agency in ECOWAS
In: New Regionalisms Ser.
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- About the Author -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Regional Cooperation in West Africa -- Why ECOWAS? -- ECOWAS Practitioners and Communities of Practice -- Data and Methodology -- Outline of the Book -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 2 Conceptualizing Convergence and Agency in ECOWAS -- Defining Region-Building -- Taking Stock of Regional Governance in West Africa -- Contesting Region-Building Through Argumentation -- Understanding Practices: Toward a Practitioner-Led Regionalism -- Networking as Practice -- Organizational Dynamism as Practice -- Evolution of ECOWAS' Institutional Development -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 3 Convergence and Agency in Peace and Security -- Founding Conditions of ECOWAS: Contrasting Notions of Noninterference -- Democracy and Good Governance: Pre-Liberia -- Institutional Evolution: From ECOMOG to ECPF -- ECOWAS' First Transformation: The Revised Treaty (1993-2007) -- From Response to Prevention: "The Mechanism" -- Second Transformation of ECOWAS: The Creation of the ECOWAS Commission -- The ECOWAS Conflict Prevention Framework -- ECOWAS and Regional Civil Society -- Turning Motivation Into Practice: Regional Convergence and the ECOWAS Standby Force (ESF) -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 4 Regional Convergence in Public Health -- Regionalism and Public Health -- The Bamako Initiative: Founding Conditions of Public Health Convergence -- Regional Convergence of Public Health in West Africa -- WAHO and the ECOWAS Commission: A New Mandate -- Health-based Community of Practice -- Strategizing Harmonization -- ECOWAS and the West African Commission On Drugs: A Multifaceted Partnership -- WAHO and CORDS: Convergence Through MoUs -- Convergence Through Capacity Building.