Imagined Regional Communities provides an original approach to thinking about the processes of regional integration. Focusing mostly on communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America, it develops detailed case studies based on archives, interviews and critical readings of existing texts. These case-studies are related to each other and the overall themes of the book, so that a set of narratives and theoretical elaborations emerge, that critically reformulate understandings of regional communities, statehold and sovereignty.

James D. Sidaway is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the National University of Singapore. He recently co-edited Human Geography: Issues for the 21st Century.

Part One: Introductions to the Plot and the Cast Part Two: The SADC: Sovereign Simulations Part Three: Pushing the Boundaries/Sovereignty Deferred