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Power and Water: The Coming Order in Southern Africa

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The dynamics of regionalism in Southern Africa have changed dramatically in recent years. To be sure, there is much continuity — in terms of both conflict and co-operation — for it will be many years before the negative impacts of uneven capitalist development and apartheid ‘destabilization’ are overcome (Shaw, 1986; Ohlson and Stedman, 1994). Nevertheless, there is for the first time a recognition that problems and possibilities for the region may be approached on their own merits without first having to be filtered through Cold War and apartheid ideological lenses. As a result, the ‘old’ regionalism is now making room for new, innovative and important (re)conceptions of regional identity and practice in Southern Africa.

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  2. Institute for World Economics, Budapest, Hungary

    András Inotai (Director- General) (Director- General)

  3. Center for Public Policy Analysis, University of Chile, Chile

    Osvaldo Sunkel (Professor of Economics and Business Administration, Director) (Professor of Economics and Business Administration, Director)

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Swatuk, L.A. (2000). Power and Water: The Coming Order in Southern Africa. In: Hettne, B., Inotai, A., Sunkel, O. (eds) The New Regionalism and the Future of Security and Development. The New Regionalism. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-11498-3_9

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