European Union and new regionalism regional actors and global governance in a post-hegemonic era
Taking into account the expanded European Union (EU), this volume highlights external relations in the framework of the development of different forms of regional arrangements, within the globalized world of the 21st century. It is suitable for postgraduate or undergraduate study and research of international relations, and others.
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XXI, 406 p. : il., mapas ; 24 cm.
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Foreword: regionalism - a new paradigm?, George Howard Joffe; Preface to the 2nd edition; Introduction: globalization, new regionalism and the role of the European Union, Mario Telo. Part I Theoretical Perspectives: Regional blocs, world order and the new Medievalism, Andrew Gamble; Political economy of new regionalism and world governance, Pier Carlo Padoan; The cultural factor in the process of globalization/regionalization, Thomas Meyer; Alternative models of regional cooperation? The limits of regional institutionalisation in East Asia, Richard Higgott; Interregionalism and world order: the diverging EU and US models, Bjorn Hettne. Part II Comparative Analysis of Regional Groupings: Between trade regionalization and various paths towards deeper cooperation, Mario Telo; European Union and NAFTA, Alberta M. Sbragia; European Union and MERCOSUR, Alvaro Vasconcelos; African regionalism and EU-African interregionalisn, Fred Soderbaum; Comparison of European and Southeast Asian integration, Kjell A. Eliassen and Catherine Borve Arnesen. Part III European Union as a New Civilian Power in the Making?: The European Union and the challenges of the near abroad, Mario Telo; European Union and Eastern Europe, Reimund Seidelmann; EU and the Mediterranean: open regionalism or peripheral dependence?, George Howard Joffe; Europe - super power or a Scandinavia of the world?, Goran Therborn. Part IV Reconsiderations: EU, regionalism, new multilateralism: 3 scenarios, Mario Telo; Appendix: list of regional and interregional arrangements, Sebastian Santander; Planispheres, Pablo Medina Lockhart; Bibliography, Index.