1st Edition

21st Century Cooperation Regional Public Goods, Global Governance, and Sustainable Development

Edited By Antoni Estevadeordal, Louis Goodman Copyright 2017
408 Pages
by Routledge

408 Pages 51 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This edited volume explains the importance of regional public goods (RPGs) for sustainable development and shows why they are particularly important in the context of 21st-century international relations. By presenting a new and original data set and by presenting original essays by renowned scholars, this book lays the foundation for what will become an increasingly important focus for both... Read more

Preface



Part I Introduction



1. 21st-Century Cooperation, Regional Public Goods, and Sustainable Development



2. Regional Public Goods Cooperation: An Inductive Approach to Measuring Regional Public Goods



Part II Regional Leadership, Alliances, Networks, and Outcomes







3. Regionalism in the Evolving World Order: Power, Leadership, and the Provision of Public Goods



4. Transnational Policy Networks and Regional Public Goods in Latin America



5. Can Regional Standards Be Above the National Norm? Impact Evaluation Issues for Regional Public Goods



Part III New Frontiers in Functional Cooperation



6. Regional Public Goods: The Case of Migration



7. Connectivity and Infrastructure as 21st-Century Regional Public Goods



8. Open Borders: A Regional Public Good



9. Advancing Digitization as a Regional Public Good



10. Building Regional Environmental Governance: Northeast Asia’s Unique Path to Sustainable Development



11. The Multilateral Trading System and Regional Public Goods



Part IV Old and New Regions in a Multiplex World



12. European Regional Public Goods: Insiders and Outsiders



13. Regional Public Goods in North America



14. Public Goods and Regional Organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean: Identity, Goals, and Implementation



15. Asia’s Financial Stability as a Regional and Global Public Good



16. From Small Markets to Collective Action: Regional Public Goods in Africa

Biography

Antoni Estevadeordal is Manager, Integration and Trade Sector, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).



Louis W Goodman is Professor and Emeritus Dean, School of International Service, American University.