Historical Materialism, volume 12:4 (203–230) © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2004 Also available online – www.brill.nl 1 The European Community (EC) is used when referring exclusively to the period before the creation of the European Union (EU) in November...
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Historical Materialism, volume 12:4 (203–230) © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2004 Also available online – www.brill.nl 1 The European Community (EC) is used when referring exclusively to the period before the creation of the European Union (EU) in November 1993. Alex Nunn and Sophia Price Managing Development: EU and African Relations through the Evolution of the Lomé and Cotonou Agreements Introduction The relationship between the European Union1 and Africa has been formalised since the beginning of the European integration project in the evolving Yaoundé, Lomé and now Cotonou Agreements. The relationship has shifted in line with the emerging global framework for neoliberal accumulation. This shift has involved the ‘re-designing’ of developmental strategies and their ‘locking-in’ in the long term. Theoretically, this global shift in the organisation of both production and social relations (including popular understandings) has been well documented and the changing dominant patterns o
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