Region-building : : Vol. I: The Global Proliferation of Regional Integration / / Ludger Kühnhardt.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Kühnhardt, Ludger,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (512 p.)

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 proliferation of regional integration. It also gives a comprehensive treatment of the focus, motives, and objectives of non-European integration efforts. Volume II offers a unique collection of documents that give the best available overview of the legal and political evolution of region-building based on official documents and stated objectives of the relevant regional groupings across all continents. Together, these volumes are important contributions for understanding the evolution of global affairs in an age when power shifts provide new challenges and opportunities for transatlantic partners and the world community.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I Framing the Issue -- 1 Globalization, Regionalism, Integration Politics and Identity in the Age of the Market -- 2 Emulating the European Union? The Incomplete Model for Democratic Region-Building -- Part II A Global Survey -- 3 Latin America and the Caribbean Between Regional Identity and Continental Aspiration -- 4 Asia Regional Integration in a Continent That Isn’t -- 5 Africa Renaissance through Region-Building? -- 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 in the Global Proliferation of Regional Integration -- 10. Democratic Governance, Regional Groupings, and World Order -- 11. Perspectives for Democratic Region-Building -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author