The new politics of regionalism : perspectives from Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific / edited by Ulf Engel, Heidrun Zinecker, Frank Mattheis, Antje Dietze and Thomas Plötze.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Engel, Ulf, editor.

Zinecker, Heidrun, editor.

Mattheis, Frank, editor.

Dietze, Antje, editor.

Plötze, Thomas, editor.

Series:

Routledge studies in globalisation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Regionalism--Political aspects.

Regionalism.

Interorganizational relations.

Regional planning--Political aspects.

Regional planning.

Regionalism (International organization).

Physical Description:

xviii, 233 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

Summary:

This edited volume approaches regionalism as one potential pattern in a changing global order. Since the end of the Cold War, different forms of territorialization have emerged and we are confronted with an increasing number and variety of actors that are establishing regional projects. This volume offers an innovative contribution to the study of this new complexity by exploring constellations of regional actors, spatial scales and imaginations beyond state-centred perspectives as well as on multiple, often overlapping levels. The chapters analyse the emergence, trajectories and outcomes of regionalisms from the perspective of the Global South, specifically concentrating on regional projects in Latin America and Africa, but also in the Asia-Pacific. They attempt to identify the specific conditions and junctures of different forms of region-making in their external (global) and internal (local/national) dimensions. The volume also places special emphasis on interactions, spatial entanglements and comparisons between regionalisms in different parts of the world. By expanding beyond the perspective of North-South transfers, this book seeks to better understand the dynamics and diversity of interregional interactions.

Contents:

1 Introduction: The challenge of emerging regionalisms outside of Europe / Ulf Engel Engel, Ulf, Heidrun Zinecker Zinecker, Heidrun, Frank Mattheis Mattheis, Frank, Antje Dietze Dietze, Antje, Thomas Plötze Plötze, Thomas 1

Part I Logics and purposes of region-building 17

2 Towards modular regionalism: The proliferation of Latin American cooperation / Gian Luca Gardini Gardini, Gian Luca 19

3 Towards bifurcated regionalism: The production of regional overlaps in Central Africa / Frank Mattheis Mattheis, Frank 37

4 "Region in the making"? Security narratives and the negotiation of region in Central America / Thomas Plötze Plötze, Thomas 52

5 Latin America and the building of regional public goods / Clarissa Dri Dri, Clarissa 66

Part II Trajectories and entanglements of regionalisms in a global order 83

6 Is interregional AU-ASEAN diffusion in the South barren? / Stephen Kingah Kingah, Stephen, Charles Akong Akong, Charles 85

7 Regionalism in the Southwest Pacific: Globalization, Europe and the Trans-Tasman Single Economic Market / John Leslie Leslie, John 101

8 Persistence of regionalism in the face of economic and financial crisis? Institution-building in ASEAN, MERCOSUR and the EU / Jens-Uwe Wunderlich Wunderlich, Jens-Uwe 116

Part III Region-building beyond the state 131

9 Modes of regional governance in Africa / Ian Taylor Taylor, Ian, Fredrik Söderbaum Söderbaum, Fredrik 133

10 The Kimberley Process on conflict diamonds, new regionalisms and the dynamics of (de/re)terrirorialization / J. Andrew Grant Grant, J. Andrew 146

11 Regionalism of armed groups and movements in Central Africa / Angela Meyer Meyer, Angela, Gregor Giersch Giersch, Gregor 159

12 Navigating sovereign territoriality: The logic of regionalism in international police cooperation / Nicholas Dietrich Dietrich, Nicholas 175

13 Conclusions: The new politics of regionalism in theory and practice / Ulf Engel Engel, Ulf, Heidrun Zinecker Zinecker, Heidrun, Frank Mattheis Mattheis, Frank, Antje Dietze Dietze, Antje, Thomas Plötze Plötze, Thomas 190.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138200883

1138200883

OCLC:

962004912