The Political Economy of Regions and Regionalisms [Hardcover]

This volume takes the debates on the political economy of regionalization beyond their current stage, utilizing the insight that regionalization entails profound socio-cultural, economic and political restructuring. The contributions challenge the traditional formal interstate and institutional bias in analyses of regionalization, in which the EU is often presented as the model for understanding contemporary practices. Instead, they underscore the need to understand regionalization in terms of its myriad local articulations. There is not just one process of regionalization, but many.List of Maps and Tables Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors List of Abbreviations The Political Economy of Regions and Regionalisms: An Introduction to our Critical, Revisionist Inquiries; M. B??s, M.H.Marchand & T.M.Shaw Between Bush and Bolivar; Change and Continuity in the Remaking of Mesoamerica; B.Bull European Union-Mercosur Interregionalism: Negotiations, Civil Society and Governance; C.Sanchez Bajo APEC, ASEAN+3 and American Power: The History and Limits of the New Regionalism in the Asia-Pacific ; M.T.Berger & M.Beeson U.S. Hegemony and Regionalism: The Case of East Asia; K.Nordhaug Conflict Management and Constructive Engagement in the Expansion of the Association of South-east Asian Nations; R.Amer Informal Regionalism in the Gulf; A.M.Roald Discordant Discourses: South(ern) African Narratives on Zimbabwe's Crisis; S.J.MacLean The Logic of Disorder: 'Malignant Regionalization' in Central Africa; I.Taylor Conclusion: Projections for the Political Economy of Regions and Regionalisms; M. B??s, M.H.Marchand & T.M.Shaw Bibliography IndexRAMSES AMER Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Umea University, SwedenMARK T. BERGER Senior Lecturer, Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies and the International Studies Program, University of New South Wales, AustraliaMARK BEESON Senior Lecturer, School of Political Science and International Studies, Unilc9