Globalism and the New Regionalism Volume 1 [Paperback]

This is the first of five volumes reporting on the UNU-WIDER study on New Regionalism. It deals with the conceptions and meanings of two processes which probably will have a crucial influence on the shape of the 'new world order' - globalization and regionalization. These studies relate to each other as challenge to response, globalization being the challenge of economic and cultural homogenization of the world and regionalization being a social and political reaction. The leading writers in the field contribute thought-provoking and fascinating articles to this volume.Foreword by Giovanni Andrea Cornia Prologue to the Five Volumes Notes on the Contributors Introduction by the Editors Globalization and the New Regionalism: The Second Great Transformation; B.Hettne Rethinking the New Regionalism in the Context of Globalization; J.H.Mittelman Regionalization in Response to Polarising Globalization; S.Amin Political Regionalism: Master or Servant of Economic Internationalisation?; H.Hveem The New Regionalism: Impediment or Spur to Future Multilateralism?; P.S.Mistry Globalism and Regionalism: The Costs of Dichotomy; R.Pettman Regionalization and Its Impact on the Theory of International Relation; K.L?eenm? & J.K?nen Regionalism and World Order After the Cold War; R.Falk New Regionalism in Southern Africa: Part of or Alternative to the Globalization of the World Economy?; B.Od?Transnational Integration and National Disintegration Revisited; O.Sunkel & M.Mortimore IndexANDRAS INOTAI Staff member of the World Bank, Washington, DC (1989-1991)BJ?RN HETTNE Professor, Department of Peace and Development, University of G?teborgOSVALDO SUNKEL Professor of Economics, Universidad de ChileSAMIR AMIN Director, African Office of TWFRICHARD FALK Professor of International Law, Princeton UniversityHELGE HVEEM Professor of International Politics, University of OsloJYRKI K?K?NEN Research Director, Tampere Peace Research InstituteKAISA L?HTEENMAKI Researcher, University of TurkuPlS,