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Perspectives on Federalism: Pan-Africanism and Federalism
01/04/2011
Author : Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS - Denmark)
The article looks at federalism as applied in Africa in the dual sense of a devolution of power from what would otherwise be unitary and centralised states to lower levels of governance and a transferral of authorities upwards from the state level to that of the African Union.
 

Whereas the former is deemed to be a feasible and sensible way of transforming certain states, the assessment of the latter is much more sceptical. Grand schemes such as a “United States of Africa” are held to be both unrealistic and unhelpful, whereas a more gradualistic approach is deemed to be more constructive and helpful.

Read the Full Article online here: Perspectives on Federalism - Pan-Africanism and Federalism.pdf

Author: Bjørn Møller,
PhD, Political Science; MA, History
Senior Researcher, research units on Defence and security & Religion, social conflict and the Middle East
 
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