New Regionalism and the European Union: Dialogues, Comparisons and New Research Directions

ISBN-13: 9780415563727 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 296 str.

Nick Robinson;Ben Rosamond;Alex Warleigh-Lack

Opis

The debates on regionalism have been polarised between 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 between each other. This book challenge this assumption 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 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 three the authors investigate the links between the EU and selected other regional organisations and processes, exploring the dynamics through which these inter-regional relations are developing and the implications they have for the study of contemporary regionalism/regionalisation both inside and beyond the continent of Europe.

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.

Spis treści

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