This title was first published in 2001: The primary objective of this book is to provide an analytical understanding of the nature, dynamics and complexity of the politics of economic regionalism through the prism of Sierra Leone in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The book also discusses the following issues: the evolution of economic regionalism in West Africa and the conceptual framework for analysis; the expansion of the economic regionalism; developments within the West Africa sub-region with that of the transformation of the global economy and international political system; political, economic and security developments within ECOWAS; and the civil war in Sierra Leone.

David Francis

101: Introduction; 1: Economic Regionalism in West Africa; 2: Security Regionalism in West Africa; 3: ECOWAS and the New Regionalism; 4: Sierra Leone in ECOWAS; 5: Civil War in Sierra Leone: Interpretations; 6: Political Economy of Diamonds and Trans-border Regionalisation; 7: Political Implications of Sierra Leone's ECOWAS Regionalism; 8: Economic Implications of Sierra Leone's ECOWAS Regionalism; 102: Conclusion