The EU and World Regionalism

The Makability of Regions in the 21st Century

Michael Schulz, Philippe De Lombaerde

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN:
  9780754679295
• eBook ISBN:
  9781317033486
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Much has been said about the driving forces of region-building processes or regionalization worldwide, yet few systematic and comparative studies have been conducted on how regions can contribute to the building of other regions - and more concretely, how the European Union has 'pushed' for regionalization worldwide. This comparative book investigates the impact that the EU has on regionalization elsewhere through its inter-regional relations. Covering agriculture, trade, ASEAN, NAFTA, MERCOSUR and Commonwealth amongst other topics, it investigates whether the EU contributes directly, as well as indirectly, to increased regional integration in different parts of the world.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• List of Contributors
• List of Acronyms
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Supporting Regional Integration and Cooperation Worldwide: An Overview of the European Union Approach
• 3 Exporting the European Model of Regional Integration: The Case of Agriculture
• 4 EU Trade Strategy and Regionalism: Assessing the Impact on Europe’s Developing Country Partners
• 5 Toes in the Water: The ‘Makability’ of ASEAN and European Commission Support to Economic Integration in Southeast Asia under the ASEAN–EU Programme for Regional Integration Support (APRIS)
• 6 The European Union and the ‘Making’ of South American Regionalism
• 7 NAFTA Parity in Real Time and the ‘Making’ of the EU–Mexico Partnership
• 8 Normative Europe: Changing Values and Attitudes in Central America
• 9 An Assessment of European Union Cooperation towards the Andean Community (1992–2007)
• 10 The Role of Epistemic Communities in the ‘Makability’ of MERCOSUR
• 11 An Evaluation of the EU–Mediterranean Region-Building from the Perspective of the Regionalization Process in the Mediterranean
• 12 The EU’s Ambitious Regionalization of the South Caucasus
• 13 The EU and (Sub-) Regional Organizations in North-Eastern Europe: Impact on (Sub-) Regional Cooperation and Integration
• 14 The Making of the East African Community: A Case Study
• 15 The EU and Regional Integration in Central Africa: Promoting Inter-Regionalism as an Incentive to the Regionalist Scheme?
• 16 Commonwealth(s) of Regions Extra-EU? Anglophone Globalization and New Regionalisms
• 17 EU Support to Regional Integration Worldwide and the ‘Makability’ of Regions: Conclusions
• Index