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Regionalization in a Globalizing World

Regionalization in a Globalizing World

Paperback

General Sociology

ISBN10: 1856497291
ISBN13: 9781856497299
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: May 1 2001
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.08
Height: 0.68 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.16
Language: English

The international system has been transformed by the collapse of the Soviet bloc, the decline of the Non-aligned Movement, and the rise of globalization. This volume explores one important feature of the new global politics -- the emerging role of regional systems of relations. While the European Union is the most advanced case, most other parts of the world display at least the beginnings of regional systems. Using a multidisciplinary approach, the book examines these processes from a comparative perspective.

Focusing on all the major regions of the world, this book shows that regionalization is an unevenly developing, highly heterogeneous and multidimensional phenomenon. But in the search for a new basis for world order, it does constitute an interesting possibility.

The contributors come from a range of disciplines. Each is an area specialist. Their thoughtful, up-to-date analyses examine eleven different regions that are coming

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