Interregionalism and international relations / / edited by Heiner Hanggi, Ralf Roloff and Jurgen Ruland

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910814731703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; New York, : Routledge, 2006
• ISBN: 1-134-23670-0; 1-134-23671-9; 1-280-29029-3; 9786610290291; 0-203-00832-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (385 p.)
• Collana: Routledge advances in international relations and global politics ; ; 38
• Altri autori (Persone): HanggiHeiner; RoloffRalf <1964->; RulandJurgen <1953->
• Disciplina: 327.1
• Soggetti: Interregionalism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-354) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Interregionalism and International Relations; Copyright Page; Contents; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; List of abbreviations; Part I Introduction; 1 Interregionalism: a new phenomenon in internationalrelations; Part II The concept of interregional relations; 2 Interregionalism in theoretical perspective: state of the art; 3 Interregionalism as a multifaceted phenomenon: in searchof a typology; Part III The geography of interregional relations; 4 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC):transregionalism with a new cause?; 5 The Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation(FEALAC): embryonic interregionalism6 The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) andthe European Union: limited interregionalism; 7 The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) process: beyond thetriadic political economy?; 8 The new Transatlantic interregionalism and the end of theAtlantic Alliance; 9 The new Transatlantic interregionalism: balanced orhegemonic?; 10 The European Union's relations with MERCOSUR: theissue of interregional trade liberalization; 11 Europe-Latin America ; (EU-LAC) relations: towardinterregional coalition-building?; 12 The European Union and Southern Africa: interregionalismbetween vision and reality13 The Africa-Europe (Cairo summit) process: an expressionof "symbolic politics"; Part IV Comparative aspects and special cases; 14 Comparing interregionalism: the Asia-Pacific EconomicCooperation (APEC) and the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM); 15 Beyond transregionalism: monetary regionalism in East Asia; 16 "Imagined" interregionalism: Europe's relations with theAfrican, Caribbean and Pacific states (ACP); 17 Hemispheric interregionalism: power, domestic interests,and ideas in the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)18 Between regionalism and transregionalism: the IndianOcean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation(IOR-ARC); Part V Conclusion; 19 Interregionalism: an unfinished agenda; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Interregionalism, the institutionalized relations between world regions, is a new phenomenon in international relations. It also a new layer of development in an increasingly differentiated global order.This volume examines the structure of this phenomenon and the scholarly discourse it is generating. It takes stock of empirical facts and theoretical explanations, bringing together with clarity and concision the latest research on this key area. This essential new book:* traces the emergence of interregionalism and reviews the latest literature* provides a conceptual an