European Union and New Regionalism: Europe and Globalization in Comparative Perspective: Europe and Globalization in Comparative Perspective

ISBN-13: 9781138704916 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 352 str.

Mario Telò

Opis

This title was first published in 2001. This is a collection of papers that look at the structure of the global economy, and its changing paradigms over the years. The contributors look at how the classic concept of state - autonomous, sovereign and freed of all constraint - never really reflected the reality of the international scene, despite the role it has played in realist and neo-realist theory for many decades. Instead, they consider that the political, social and economic characteristics originally attributed to states seem increasingly to be expressed through regional constructs. The papers in this volume show that even within regionalism there are a variety of different models that exist, and examine five of those models: the European Union; Mercosul-Mercosur; the North American Free Trade Area (NAFTA); the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN); and the South African Development Community (SADC).

Spis treści

Introduction: Globalization, New Regionalism and the Role of the European Union; I: Theoretical Perspectives; 1: Regional Blocs, World Order and the New Medievalism; 2: Political Economy of New Regionalism and World Governance; 3: The Cultural Factor in the Process of Globalization/Regionalization; II: Comparative Analysis of Regional Groupings; 4: Between Trade Regionalization and Deep Integration; 5: European Union and NAFTA; 6: Comparison of European and Southeast Asian Integration; 7: European Union and MERCOSUR; 8: African Regionalism and the SADC; III: European Union as a New Civilian Power in the Making; 9: The European Union and the Challenges of the Near Abroad; 10: European Union and Eastern Europe; 11: European Union and the Mediterranean; 12: Europe – Super Power or a Scandinavia of the World?; IV: Reconsiderations; 13: Reconsiderations: Three Scenarios

O autorze

Mario Telò