African Union (A.U): challenges and integration opportunities

Authors

  • Jacqueline A. H Haffner FCE/UFRGS
  • Genivone Etmy Sequeira Viana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/2178-8839.38134

Keywords:

African Union, Integration, Challenges, Opportunities

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the challenges and opportunities of the African Union, showing that its creation falls within a larger search strategy for development. In this regard, the African Union would have been created with not only the intention of setting Africa in the world’s economic scenery - filling the negative legacy by its predecessor, the Organization of African Unity – but as well with the intention of solving social, political and economic issues faced by the black continent, issues which have grown due to globalization phenomenon. Considering these facts, the purpose of this paper is therefore to examine, under the light of challenges and opportunities faced by the African continent, how the African Union has been able to fight the social, political and economic problems of its Member States since its foundation.

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Author Biographies

Jacqueline A. H Haffner, FCE/UFRGS

Professora da Faculdade de Economia e Relações Internacionais (DERI) e do Programa de Pós-graduação em Estudos Estratégicos Internacionais (PPGEEI) da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS.

Genivone Etmy Sequeira Viana

Bacharel em Relações Internacionais pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS

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Published

2013-11-01

How to Cite

Haffner, J. A. H., & Viana, G. E. S. (2013). African Union (A.U): challenges and integration opportunities. Conjuntura Austral, 4(20), 69–94. https://doi.org/10.22456/2178-8839.38134

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 20 (2013)

Section

RESEARCH

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