New regionalism and the European Union : dialogues, comparisons and new research directions
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New regionalism and the European Union : dialogues, comparisons and new research directions
(Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science, 74)
Routledge, 2011
- : hbk
Available at 9 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The debates on regionalism have been polarized between European Union (EU) scholars and non-EU scholars, with the assumption being that regionalism within the EU and other regions of the world are quite distinct, with little to be learnt from dialogue with each other. This book challenges such assumptions and calls for a genuine debate between scholars of regionalism.
This book demonstrates that more can and needs to be learned about regional integration all over the world through comparison and reflection on specific regional trends. Beginning with a theoretically driven introduction, leading experts in the field are brought together to offer a series of case studies on regional integration within Latin America, Africa, Asia, North America and Europe. In Part III the authors investigate the links between the EU and selected other regional organisations and processes, exploring the dynamics through which these interregional relations are developing and the implications they have for the study of contemporary regionalism/regionalisation both inside and beyond the continent of Europe. The conclusions set out a challenging research agenda for comparative studies in the field.
Addressing one of the under-explored aspects of EU studies, the EU's coexistence with other pan-continental/regional organisations in the European continent, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of regionalism, IPE, European Studies and international politics.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Regions, Regionalism and Comparisons 2. Studying Regions Comparatively: Back to the Future? 3. Learning from the New Regionalism? What, if Anything, can Insights from New Regionalist Scholarship Offer for Studies of European Integration? 4. Africa Meets Europe: Towards Comparative Regionalism 5. East Asian Regionalism and the European Experience: Differences in Leadership, Possible Lessons 6. Institutions, Culture or Ethics? The Logic of Regionalism in Europe and East Asia 7. The Demise of New Regionalism: Reframing the Study of Contemporary Regional Integration in Latin America 8. The Experience Of European Integration And The Potential For Integration In South America 9. Consequences of Regionalism: the Politics of North American Trade 10. The OMC in Comparative Perspective: Learning and Community Building in the OECD and Nordic Council of Ministers 11. Interregionalism, a Critique: The Four Levels of EU-ASEAN Relations 12. The Parliamentary Dimension of Regionalism: Comparing Experiences in Europe's Neighbourhood 13. EU and its Neighbours: A Wider Europe through Asymmetrical Interregionalism or Through Dependencia Sub-regionalism? 14. Conclusions: Learning or Comparison in the Study of Regions? Fruitful Dialogues and Future Research Directions
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