Oxford, Inglaterra Oxford University Press, 2000, c1995.

xiii, 342 p. : 22 cm. 22 cm.

Tomado de la contraportada: "The past five years have witnessed a resurgence o regionalism in world politics. Old regionalist organizations have been revived, new organizations formed and regionalism and the call for strengthened regionalist arrangements have been central to many of the debates about the nature of the post-Cold War international order. This book brings together the many different institutions and ideas to be found under the label of 'regionalism'; it places the revival of regionalism in a broader historical perspective; it asks whether there are common factors behind the revival or regionalism in so many different parts of the world: and it analyzes the cumulative impact of different brands of regionalism on internatinoal order. Leading specialists examine recent developments in regional cooperation in different parts of the world. They take a critical look at recent trends towards the new regionalism and regionalization, assessing their origins, their present and future prospects, and their place in the evolving internationa order. As well as concentrating on specific regions, including Pacific-Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Middle East, the book looks as theories of regionalism, the balance between regional organizations and the United Nations, and the relationship between the revival or regionalism and questions of identity and nationalism.

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