New Regionalism and the European Union

Description

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.

Contents

Part 1: The Context 1. Studying Regions Comparatively: Back to the Future? Ben Rosamond and Alex Warleigh-Lack 2. The European Union: What, If Anything, Can Insights from the New Regional Approaches offer for studies of European Integration? Nick Robinson Part 2: Comparing Regions: African, Asian, Latin American, North American and European Regionalism 3. Africa meets Europe: Towards Comparative Regional Integration Fredrik Söderbaum 4. Comparing East Asian and European Union Regionalism Jeff Loder, Jean Michel Montsion and Richard Stubbs 5. Interregionalism or Merely a Fourth Level Game? An Examination of the EU-ASEAN Relationship David Camroux 6. Institutions, Culture or Ethics? Regional Governance in Europe and East Asia Bill Callahan 7. From Regionalism to Informal Regionalisation? Reframing the Study of Contemporary Regional Integration in Latin America Nicola Phillips 8. The Experience of European Integration and the Potential for Integration in South America Andres Malamud 9. The Consequences of Regionalism: The Politics of North American Trade Mark Aspinwall Part 3: Inter-regionalism: The EU and EU Studies in Broader Context 10. The OMC in Comparative Perspective: Learning and Community Building in the OECD and Nordic Council of Ministers Peter Nedergaard and Francesco Duina 11. The Parliamentary Dimension of Regionalism: Comparing Experiences in Europe s Neighbourhoods Stelios Stavrisis and Panagiota Manoli 12. The EU, the Euro- Mediterranean Partnership, EMP and BSEC: From Assymetric Inter-regionalism towards a Dependecia Regionalism or a Necklace Sub-Regionalism? Charalambos Tsardanidis 13. Conclusion

Author Bio

Nick Robinson is Lecturer in EU Public Policy at the University of Leeds, UK. His research interests have recently focused on three inter-related issues: redistribution in the EU, concepts of power and agenda setting, and politics and activism within the transport and environmental field.

Ben Rosamond is Professor of Politics and International Studies and Head of Department at the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, UK. He has been at Warwick since 1995 and was awarded his personal chair in 2006. He co-edits the journal Comparative European Politics and has held visiting positions at Aarhus University, the Australian National University, Copenhagen Business School, Columbia University, New York University and the University of Oxford.

Alex Warleigh-Lack is Professor of Politics and International Relations and Head of Politics and History at Brunel University, UK. He previously worked at the universities of Limerick, Queen's Belfast and Reading, and in the European Parliament. He is the Chair of UACES (the University Association for Contemporary European Studies) 2006-2009. His principal research interests are the political integration of Europe, normative and other forms of reform of the European Union, and comparative regional integration/regionalism.

Related Subjects

1. International Politics
2. Politics & International Relations
3. Comparative Politics
4. European Politics
5. Global Governance
6. International Political Economy
7. International Relations
8. European Union Politics
9. Regionalism