Regionalism Books

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21. Regionalism in South Asia

    Negotiating Cooperation, Institutional Structures

    By Kishore C. Dash

    Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

    The dramatic surge in regional integration schemes over the past two decades has been one of the most important developments in world politics. Virtually all countries are now members of at least one regional grouping. South Asia is no exception to this trend. In December 1985, seven South Asian...

    Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge
22. Comparative Regional Security Governance

    Edited by Shaun Breslin, Stuart Croft

    Series: Routledge/Warwick Studies in Globalisation

    This book seeks to understand the role of regions in the provision of security (and insecurity) practices across the globe. Specialists with expertise in the regions they examine present eight case studies and analyses of the Americas, Africa and the Middle East, South and East Asia, and Europe....

    Published February 27th 2012 by Routledge
23. China and East Asian Regionalism

    Economic and Security Cooperation and Institution-Building

    Edited by Suisheng Zhao

    To convey the image of a responsible power willing to contribute to regional stability and cooperation, China has shifted from a single-minded preference for bilateralism to an active participation in East Asian regionalism in the recent decades. This development has inspired discussions over...

    Published February 8th 2012 by Routledge
24. The EU's Shifting Borders

    Theoretical Approaches and Policy Implications in the New Neighbourhood

    Edited by Klaus Bachmann, Elzbieta Stadtmuller

    Series: Routledge/GARNET series

    The EU’s internal borders have become mostly invisible. Today, external borders are at the centre of controversy about an alleged 'fortress Europe'. Using different theoretical and methodological perspectives this book examines the challenges facing the EU’s external borders, including Neighborhood...

    Published December 6th 2011 by Routledge
25. Contested Capitalism

    The political origins of financial institutions

    By Richard W. Carney

    Series: Routledge Advances in International Political Economy

    This book examines the political origins of financial institutions across fifteen developed democracies, with focused case studies on the US, France, Japan, Austria, and Germany. The institutional arrangements of financial systems are widely seen as a central distinguishing feature of ‘varieties of...

    Published December 1st 2011 by Routledge
26. Political Civility in the Middle East

    Edited by Frederic Volpi

    Series: ThirdWorlds

    Contemporary debates about civility are shaped by the dominant liberal and secular narratives of a peaceful world of sovereign nation-states. For contemporary scholars and policy makers, the challenge is to insert meaningfully the political evolution of the Middle East in the dominant...

    Published November 29th 2011 by Routledge
27. Routledge Handbook of Asian Regionalism

    Edited by Mark Beeson, Richard Stubbs

    The Routledge Handbook of Asian Regionalism is a definitive introduction to, and analysis of, the development of regionalism in Asia, including coverage of East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia. The contributors engage in a comprehensive exploration of what is arguably the most dynamic and...

    Published November 27th 2011 by Routledge
28. Indian Foreign and Security Policy in South Asia

    Regional Power Strategies

    By Sandra Destradi

    Series: Asian Security Studies

    This book examines Indian foreign policy and security relations in its eastern regional neighbourhood. Indian Foreign and Security Policy in South Asia conducts an in-depth analysis into India’s foreign policy towards the three main countries in India’s Eastern neighbourhood – Sri Lanka, Nepal, and...

    Published November 22nd 2011 by Routledge
29. Business Innovation in Asia

    Knowledge and Technology Networks from Japan

    By Dennis McNamara

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

    Industrial competition with rising economies, new regional investment from the West, and trade pacts among competitors threaten Japan’s long postwar prominence. Global market dynamics and regional competition prompted the shift from offshore factories to local networks in the last decade. Similar...

    Published October 11th 2011 by Routledge
30. Asian Regionalism and Japan

    The Politics of Membership in Regional Diplomatic, Financial and Trade Groups

    By Shintaro Hamanaka

    Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

    This book explores the essential nature of regionalism by conducting a comprehensive analysis of more than 30 regionalist proposals made by Japan and other Asian countries throughout the post-war period. Shintaro Hamanaka examines the whole post war period and covers all regionalist...

    Published October 11th 2011 by Routledge