Understanding the complexity of regional integration in the current globalization era: The Ramifications of China- Africa cooperation on regional integration in the East African Community (EAC) regional bloc
- 주제(키워드) INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- 발행기관 아주대학교
- 지도교수 Iain Watson
- 발행년도 2018
- 학위수여년월 2018. 8
- 학위명 석사
- 학과 국제대학원 국제개발협력과
- 실제URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ajou/000000027736
- 본문언어 영어
- 저작권 아주대학교 논문은 저작권에 의해 보호받습니다.
초록/요약
The research sought to understand the ramifications of cooperation between China (a world superpower) whose goal is to expand her market and influence in other countries and developing countries seeking to build a stronger regional bloc (in this case the EAC countries) under the current era of globalization. The research findings showed that; China-EAC cooperation through trade and investment cooperation, infrastructural development cooperation, industrial development cooperation and agricultural cooperation paradoxically leads to regional disintegration as this cooperation leads to polarization of EAC countries' markets, leads to loss of market by regional member countries within the region through reduced exports from one country to another, furthermore the cooperation leads to high dependence on the superpower country which hinders the development of indigenous industries and technologies which are essential in enhancing regional integration. To this, the research recommends that in this era of globalization, developing countries like those under the EAC should seek integration from within the regional bloc, strengthen or deepen intraregional cooperation rather than strengthening cooperation with a world superpower like China since such cooperation can paradoxically lead to polarization and disintegration.
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CHAPTER ONE 1
1.0 Introduction 1
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE RESEARCH 1
1.2 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 1
1.3 INTRODUCTION TO REGIONAL INTEGRATION 2
1.4 BACKGROUND OF THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY REGIONAL BLOC 4
1.5 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 6
1.6 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 7
1.7 HYPOTHESIS OF THE RESEARCH 7
1.8 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 8
1.8.1 Research design 8
1.8.2 Data collection 8
1.8.3 Data analysis 8
1.8.4 Limitation of the study 9
1.8.5 JUSTIFICATION OF THE RESEARCH 9
CHAPTER TWO 11
LITERATURE REVIEW AND LIMITATIONS 11
2.0 Introduction 11
2.1 THEORIES OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION 11
2.1.1 Federalism theory of Regional Integration 11
2.1.2 Neo-Functionalism theory of Regional Integration 13
2.2 ECONOMIC SUPER POWERS INFLUENCE/ATTITUDES IN OTHER REGIONAL INTEGRATIONS 14
2.2.1 U.S. ATTITUDES TOWARDS EUROPEAN INTEGRATION 14
2.3 EAST AFRICAN REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND PREVIOUS STUDIES ABOUT EAC 16
CHAPTER THREE 22
THE CASE OF CHINA IN EAST AFRICA 22
3.0 INTRODUCTION 22
3.1 OVERVIEW OF CHINA IN AFRICA AS A WHOLE 22
3.2 TRADE AND INVESTMENT COOPERATION WITH EAST AFRICAN COUNTRIES UNDER THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY 26
CHAPTER FOUR 34
4.0 Introduction 34
4.1 INFRASTRUCTURAL COOPERATION BETWEEN CHINA AND EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY 34
4.1.1 The Standard Gauge Railway connecting East African countries 35
4.1.2 Power projects with Chinese participation 36
4.2 INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL COOPERATION BETWEEN CHINA AND THE EAC 39
4.3 REGIONAL DISINTEGRATION IN THE EAC 41
CHAPTER FIVE 44
5.0 Introduction 44
5.1 CONCLUSION 44
5.2 RECOMMENDATIONS 45
5.3 FURTHER RESEARCH 45
REFERENCES 46
APPENDIX 50
KOREAN ABSTRACT /국문초록 50
