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

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 deepenin...

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Place / Publishing House:New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2010]
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Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
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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