Region building. Volume 1, The global proliferation of regional integration / Ludger Kuhnhardt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kühnhardt, Ludger, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Regionalism (International organization).

Globalization.

Regionalism--European Union countries.

Regionalism.

Regionalism--Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (506 p.)

Other Title:

Global proliferation of regional integration

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

After two centuries of nation-building, the world has entered an era of region-building in search of political stability, cultural cohesion, and socio-economic development. Nations involved in the regional structures and integration schemes that are emerging in most regions of the world are deepening their ambitions, with Europe's integration experience often used as an experimental template or theoretical model. Volume I provides a political-analytical framework for recognizing the central role of the European Union not only as a conceptual model but also a normative engine in the global prol

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I - Framing the Issue; 1. Globalization, Regionalism, Integration; 2. Emulating the European Union?; Part II - A Global Survey; 3. Latim America and the Caribbean; 4. Asia; 5. Africa; 6. Pre-Integration in the Pacific Ocean; 7. De-integration in Eurasia; 8. Non-Integration in Regions with Geopolitical Tension; Part III -Context and Implication; 9. The European Union; 10. Democratic Governance, Regional Groupings, and World Order; 11. Perspectives for Democratic Region-Building; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612662515

9781282662513

1282662511

9781845458386

1845458389

OCLC:

669127108