European Union and New Regionalism Competing Regionalism and Global Governance in a Post-hegemonic Era

Foreword to the Third Edition: regionalism - a new paradigm?, George Joffé; Preface to the Third Edition; Introduction: globalization, new regionalism and the role of the European Union, Mario Telò. Part I Theoretical Perspectives: Regional blocs, world order and the new medievalism, Andrew Gamble; The political economy of new regionalism and world governance, Pier Carlo Padoan; Cultural difference, regionalization and globalization, Thomas Meyer; Alternative models of regional cooperation? The limits of regional institutionalisation in East Asia, Richard Higgott; Interregionalism and world order: the diverging EU and US models, Björn Hettne and Frederik Ponjaert. Part II Comparative Analysis of Regional Groupings: Between trade regionalization and various paths towards deeper cooperation, Mario Telò; NAFTA and United States regional trade policy, Christian Deblock; Competing Latin American regionalisms in a changing world, Sebastian Santander; African regionalism and EU-African interregionalism, Fredrik Söderbaum; Southeast Asian and European integration compared, Kjell A. Eliassen and Agnes Árnadóttir. Part III European Union as a New Civilian Power in the Making: The European Union and the challenges of the near abroad, Mario Telò; The European Union, the eastern neighbourhood and Russia: competing regionalisms, Stephan Keukeleire and Irina Petrova; Regionalism, the European Union and the Arab awakening, George Joffé; Europe: trading power, American hunting dog, or the world's Scandinavia?, Göran Therborn. Part IV Reconsiderations: European Union, regionalism, new multilateralism: three scenarios, Mario Telò. Appendix: regional, interregional and global arrangements and multilateral organizations, Sebastian Santander; Planispheres, Pablo Medina Lockhart; Bibliography; Index.--