Describes a substantial impact upon the scientific understanding of interregionalism, and its political meaning
Sees the Atlantic as a promising intersection of North-North, South-South and North-South cooperation
Offers a comprehensive and holistic approach towards the study of interregionalism




Author: Frank Mattheis
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Springer
Published: 10/06/2017
Series: United Nations University Regionalism #15
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9783319629070
2018 Edition

About the Author

Frank Mattheis is Senior Researcher at the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn) at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. He works on processes that challenge established perceptions of sovereignty and territoriality, in particular regionalism and interregionalism.

At GovInn he has coordinated a work package for the EU-funded FP7-project ATLANTIC FUTURE, which led to the editorship of this book. With a postdoctoral fellowship by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) he currently focuses on the South Atlantic as a space for regional and interregional reconfigurations. Prior, he was senior research fellow at the Centre for Area Studies at the University of Leipzig (Germany), where he receive his Dr. phil. in Global Studies.

Andréas Litsegård (formerly Godsäter) is Senior lecturer at the School of Global Studies at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, where he teaches International Relations, and an Associate fellow at theCentre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn), University of Pretoria. He holds a PhD in peace and development research from the University of Gothenburg. His research interests concern regionalism, governance, civil society, democracy, development cooperation, environmental issues and migration with a geographical focus on Africa.