European Union and New Regionalism

Europe and Globalization in Comparative Perspective

Mario Telò

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Year: 2018
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781351784986
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Sociology
• Index: Social Sciences

This title was first published in 2001. This is a collection of papers that look at the structure of the global economy, and its changing paradigms over the years. The contributors look at how the classic concept of state - autonomous, sovereign and freed of all constraint - never really reflected the reality of the international scene, despite the role it has played in realist and neo-realist theory for many decades. Instead, they consider that the political, social and economic characteristics originally attributed to states seem increasingly to be expressed through regional constructs. The papers in this volume show that even within regionalism there are a variety of different models that exist, and examine five of those models: the European Union; Mercosul-Mercosur; the North American Free Trade Area (NAFTA); the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN); and the South African Development Community (SADC).

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Dedication
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures and Tables
• Notes on Contributors
• Preface: Regionalism – A New Paradigm?
• Acknowledgements
• List of Abbreviations
• Introduction: Globalization, New Regionalism and the Role of the European Union
• Part I: Theoretical Perspectives
• Part II: Comparative Analysis of Regional Groupings
• Part III: European Union as a New Civilian Power in the Making
• Part IV: Reconsiderations
• Appendix List of Regional and Interregional Arrangements
• Planispheres
• Bibliography
• Index