Comparative regional integration : theoretical perspectives

Author(s)

• Laursen, Finn

Bibliographic Information

Comparative regional integration : theoretical perspectives

edited by Finn Laursen

（The international political economy of new regionalisms series）

Ashgate, c2003

• : pbk

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9780754632610

Description

After briefly reviewing the basic theoretical stances animating the rest of the proceedings, Laursen (international politics, U. of Southern Denmark) presents 11 contributions that comparatively review processes of regional integration around the world in order to test the validity of a range of pol

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780754640868

Description

By contrasting different theoretical perspectives on regional integration, this valuable text advances our understanding of this important phenomenon in international relations. The volume contains theoretical considerations with empirical studies of integration efforts in many parts of the world including Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America. Structured in four sections: governmentalist perspectives; power perspectives; constructivist perspectives; and neofunctionalist and historical institutionalist perspectives, the book offers important insights to theorists, policy makers, students and other readers concerned about world developments. It will also provide support for courses covering international political economy, international relations and regional integration, both at undergraduate and graduate levels.

Table of Contents

• Contents: Part I: Introduction: Theoretical perspectives on comparative regional integration, Finn Laursen. Part II: Governmentalist Perspectives: Rebuilding the Central American bloc in the 1990s: an intergovernmentalist approach to integration, Rafael SA!nchez
• Presidentialism and Mercosur: a hidden cause for a successful experience, Andres Malamud
• A supply-side theory of international economic institutions for the Mercosur, Jose RaAl Perales. Part III: Power Perspectives: Power and regionalism: explaining regional cooperation in the Persian Gulf, Scott Cooper and Brock Taylor
• Two funerals and a wedding? The ups and downs of regionalism in East Asia and Asia Pacific after the Asian Crisis, Douglas Webber. Part IV: Constructivist Perspectives: Rethinking the Mediterranean: reality and re-presentation in the creation of a 'Region', Michelle Pace
• Two sides of the same coin: mutual perceptions and security community in the case of Argentina and Brazil, Andrea Oelsner
• Integration in times of instability: exchange rate and monetary cooperation in Mercosur and the EU, Susana BorrA!s and Michael Kluth. Part V: Neofunctionalist and Historical Institutionalist Perspectives: The ECOWAS: from regional economic organization to regional peacekeeper, Peter M. Dennis and M. Leann Brown
• Path dependence and external shocks: the dynamics of the EU enlargement eastwards, Svetlozar A. Andreev. Part VI: Concluding Comments: The vertical and horizontal dimensions of regional integration: a concluding note, Walter Mattli
• International regimes or would-be polities? Some concluding questions and remarks, Finn Laursen
• Index.

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Details

• NCID: BA65685575
• ISBN:
  • 075463261X
  • 0754640868
• LCCN: 2003060972
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Aldershot
• Pages/Volumes: xix, 300 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HF1418.5
  • DC22 : 337.1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : International economic integration -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Regionalism (International organization) -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Regionalism -- Congresses
  • LCSH : International relations -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Security, International -- Congresses
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA52941967