1st Edition

Power Relations and Comparative Regionalism Europe, East Asia and Latin America

Edited By Min-hyung Kim, James A. Caporaso Copyright 2022
230 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

230 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

230 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Three trends have dominated the political economy of integration during the last two decades: globalization, economic nationalism, and regionalization. This book explores comparative regional integration, focusing on both intra­ regional integration and relations among regions in the context of power. The most common focus of integration studies has been on the logic of cooperation, but... Read more

1. Introduction

James A. Caporaso and Min-hyung Kim

2. Germany and the Eurozone Crisis: Power, Dominance, and Hegemony

James A. Caporaso

3. American Primacy, Competition for Regional Hegemony, and East Asian Regionalism

Min-hyung Kim

4. Hegemony and its Discontents: Power and Regional Integration in Latin America

Mary Anne Madeira

5. European Integration, Asian Subordination: U.S. Identity and Power in Two Regions

Walter Hatch

6. Hegemonic International System, Revisionist Consensus, and Regional Integration

Byoung-Inn Bai

7. Power and East Asian Regionalism

Young Jong Choi

8. Conclusion

James A. Caporaso

Biography

Min-hyung Kim is Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Kyung Hee University in Seoul, Republic of Korea, and a former Jean Monnet Fellow (2009–2010) in the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute, Florence, Italy. His research interests include international relations theory, East Asian security, North Korea's foreign policy, South Korea's foreign policy, East Asian regionalism, and European integration.

James A. Caporaso is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Washington, USA, and Director of the Jean Monnet Project in the Jackson School of International Studies. He is a specialist in international political economy and international relations theory. His current research is on political institutions and the financial crisis in comparative perspective.