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The role of the Pan African Parliament in African regionalism (2004-2006) : an institutional perspective
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2009.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/23528 The role of the Pan African Parliament in African regionalism (2004-2006) : an institutional perspective Kuye, Jerry O. ebusoma@yahoo.com Nzewi, Ogochukwu Iruoma Pan african parliament African regionalism UCTD Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2009. This research probes the role of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) in the African Union (AU), given the documented struggle of African regional integration institutions for relevance in the highly intergovernmental milieu of African regionalism (Haas 1970; 615; Gottschalk&Schmidt 2004:138). In 2000, African heads of states met in Lomé Togo and pledged to do all that is necessary to create effective, working institutions in the African Union (AU 2000). Taking into consideration the very recent history of the AU and its institutions, the research approach was to interrogate the evolution of the Pan African Parliament as a path to determining the PAP’s definitive role in the AU. As the research progressed, the institutionalism approach unveiled how past institutional legacies and culture in the OAU shaped the emergence of the AU and in particular the PAP. The research located and developed a central argument, which is that designers of institutions will likely create institutions with functional outcomes attuned to their own motivations and intentions. These motivations and intentions in turn are shaped by historical and social exigencies which render rational reflections dubious. This central point is observed in the manner the OAU has subsequently shaped the design of the AU and PAP in particular. Consequently, the thesis views the non-interference legacy of the OAU as well as the highly intergovernmental culture of African regionalism as institutionalised baggage with the potential of crippling a supranational leaning institution like the PAP. Based on this central argument, the research found that despite its legal importance in terms of the AU Constitutive Act, the PAP in practice, plays no effective role in AU decision making. As a consultative body, the PAP has made no impact whatsoever in the decisions of the AU. Finally, drawing from the institutionalism discourse, the research argues that although these institutional antecedents may not augur well for PAP’s future in the AU, the PAP’s growth strategy should take advantage of increasing tasks and unintended consequences in the expanding AU, to find its relevance in the continental polity. School of Public Management and Administration (SPMA) unrestricted 2013-09-06T15:33:10Z 2009-04-20 2013-09-06T15:33:10Z 2009-04-23 2009-04-20 2009-03-28 Thesis Nzewi, OI 2008, The role of the Pan African Parliament in African regionalism (2004-2006) : an institutional perspective, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23528 > D568/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23528 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03282009-131651/ © University of Pretoria 2008 application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Pan african parliament African regionalism UCTD The role of the Pan African Parliament in African regionalism (2004-2006) : an institutional perspective |
| title | The role of the Pan African Parliament in African regionalism (2004-2006) : an institutional perspective |
| title_full | The role of the Pan African Parliament in African regionalism (2004-2006) : an institutional perspective |
| title_fullStr | The role of the Pan African Parliament in African regionalism (2004-2006) : an institutional perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of the Pan African Parliament in African regionalism (2004-2006) : an institutional perspective |
| title_short | The role of the Pan African Parliament in African regionalism (2004-2006) : an institutional perspective |
| title_sort | role of the pan african parliament in african regionalism 2004 2006 an institutional perspective |
| topic | Pan african parliament African regionalism UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23528 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03282009-131651/ |