This edited book provides a comprehensive and comparative analytical overview of parliamentary bodies and civil society in Africa, both at the regional and national level, and their role in the ongoing regionalisation processes on the African continent. Gathering contributions from African and European experts, the book offers a collection of actual and historical facts and information, critically analyses the evolution, potential and effective place of parliamentary bodies and civil society in the context and development of regional cooperation and integration, and discusses major challenges that still need to be overcome.

Korwa G. Adar is Professor of International Relations, Department of Peace and International Studies, Daystar University, Nairobi. He is one the Trustees of the African Institute for Leaders and Leadership (AILL), Nairobi. Giovanni Finizio is Adjoint Professor of EU Foreign Policy at the University of Turin and of History of International Relations at the Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero, Buenos Aires. He is also researcher at the Centre for Studies on Federalism. Angela Meyer is founding member and board director of the Vienna-based research association Organisation for International Dialogue and Conflict Management (IDC) where she works as researcher and coordinator in European and international projects.