1st Edition

European and East Asian Regionalism Critical Junctures and Historical Turning Points

By Jens-Uwe Wunderlich Copyright 2021
260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

Embedded in the evolving comparative regionalism literature, this book offers a systematic analysis of the factors positively and negatively influencing regional institution-building. The ruptures caused by the Eurozone crises, the coronavirus pandemic and by Brexit have renewed the interest in the impact of crises and critical junctures on regionalism here defined as regional... Read more

Introduction

Aims and Objectives

Key Concepts

Regions, Regionalisms and Regionalisation

Great Power Politics, Globalisation and Regionalism

Regional Institutions

Structure of the Volume

Chapter 1 Comparative Regionalism – Mapping the Theoretical Landscape

Introduction

Classical Integration Theories

Second-Wave Theorising

Current Trends - Comparative Regionalism

Summary

Chapter 2 Post-1945 European Institution-Building

Introduction

Hegemonic Regionalism

Post-1945 Europe – A New Momentum for Regional Institution-Building

Hegemonic Support for Regional Institution-Building

The Roles of Regional Core Countries

Conclusions

Chapter 3 The Emergence of Regional Institutions in East Asia

Introduction

Regional Institution-Building in East Asia after 1945

Northeast Asia

Southeast Asia

Conclusions

 

Chapter 4 European Institution-Building and the End of the Cold War

Introduction

The Single European Act and the Rejuvenation of Regional-Institution-Building in Europe (and Beyond)

The End of the Cold War and European Regionalism – The Road to Maastricht

Conclusions

Chapter 5 East Asian Regional Institution-Building after the Cold War

Introduction

The Early Years of ASEAN

New Regionalism and East Asia

Conclusion

Chapter 6 Financial Crisis, Critical Junctures and Institution-Building in East Asia and Europe

Introduction

The Asian Financial Crisis and East Asian Regionalism

The Global Financial Crisis and European Integration

Conclusions

Conclusions: Regional Institution-Building in the Twentieth Century – Evidence from Europe and East Asia

Introduction

Drivers, Spoilers and Dissolvers of Regional Institution-Building

Regional Institution-Building in Post-Liberal Times

Biography

Jens-Uwe Wunderlich  is Lecturer in International Relations at the School of Languages and Social Sciences at Aston University in Birmingham, UK. He holds degrees from the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg and the University of East Anglia in Norwich. His research focuses on comparative regionalism, European integration, East Asian regionalism, forms of postnational actorness and the impact of crises on regional institution-building. His most recent research has been published in the Journal of Common Market Studies and the Journal of European Integration.