There exists a proposition that 'once the process of integration began in areas of low politics, they were bound to move on to encompass areas of high politics' by the phenomenon of spillover effects. This pattern was evidenced in the Regional integration efforts in Europe - from the 'evolutionary trajectory' of the European Coal and Steel Community to the ultimate Economic Union. However, the same cannot be said for West African efforts typified by ECOWAS, which was arguably mapped against the framework of its erstwhile metropolitan powers in Europe. Indeed the evolution of ECOWAS has been...
There exists a proposition that 'once the process of integration began in areas of low politics, they were bound to move on to encompass areas of high...