
Regional Integration in East Asia and Europe
Convergence or Divergence?
Routledge (Publisher)
Published on 22. December 2005
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-0-415-36747-9 (ISBN)
Description
A fascinating insight into how regional organizations in Europe and East Asia are currently grappling with a striking number of essentially similar challenges.
This issue-based overview of political integration focuses on the differences and similarities in regional integration levels and processes in the two regions, to examine how the long-term future, role and impact of organizations such as the EU and ASEAN may depend heavily on how well they deal with complex and conflict-laden issues in the next few years.
This volume analyzes the historical development, current state and prospective future evolution of political integration in the two regions. These leading authors identify key variables that account for the contrasting political integration levels, clearly demonstrating and explaining why the rhythm of integration in both regions varies. With contributions from both Asian and European scholars on each topic, this book delivers:
comparative rather than a single region focus
breakdowns of regional integration into key issue areas
analysis of monetary cooperation and integration
incisive assessments of institutional reform
key topics of enlargement, including: identity, distributional equity, the distribution of power and effectiveness or decision-making efficiency
discussion of regional and international security crises
expert scholarship from both European and Asian perspectives
This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of IPE, international relations, political science, contemporary history and European studies and Asian studies.
This issue-based overview of political integration focuses on the differences and similarities in regional integration levels and processes in the two regions, to examine how the long-term future, role and impact of organizations such as the EU and ASEAN may depend heavily on how well they deal with complex and conflict-laden issues in the next few years.
This volume analyzes the historical development, current state and prospective future evolution of political integration in the two regions. These leading authors identify key variables that account for the contrasting political integration levels, clearly demonstrating and explaining why the rhythm of integration in both regions varies. With contributions from both Asian and European scholars on each topic, this book delivers:
comparative rather than a single region focus
breakdowns of regional integration into key issue areas
analysis of monetary cooperation and integration
incisive assessments of institutional reform
key topics of enlargement, including: identity, distributional equity, the distribution of power and effectiveness or decision-making efficiency
discussion of regional and international security crises
expert scholarship from both European and Asian perspectives
This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of IPE, international relations, political science, contemporary history and European studies and Asian studies.
Reviews / Votes
'One of the great virtues of this valuable collection is to highlight the different institutional capacities that exist in Asia and Europe and the very different contingent historical circumstances that have shaped them.' - International Institute of Asian Studies'The text impresses through the topicality of the subject areas chosen and of the research presented.' - Journal of Common Market Studies
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
4 s/w Zeichnungen, 15 s/w Tabellen
15 Tables, black and white; 4 Line drawings, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
810 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-36747-9 (9780415367479)
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Convergence or Divergence?
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Convergence or Divergence?
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Convergence or Divergence?
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Persons
Bertrand Fort is Director for Intellectual Exchange at the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF), Singapore.
Douglas Webber is Professor of Political Science at INSEAD's Europe campus in Fontainebleau, France, and was based at the school's Asia campus in Singapore from 1999 to 2005.
Douglas Webber is Professor of Political Science at INSEAD's Europe campus in Fontainebleau, France, and was based at the school's Asia campus in Singapore from 1999 to 2005.
Content
Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Part 1: The International Context of Regionalism Part 2: Leadership andPpower in Regional Integration Part 3: Economic and Monetary Cooperation and Integration Part 4: Conflict over Institutional Reform Part 5: Post-Cold War Enlargement Part 6: Security and Regional Crisis Management Part 7: Conclusions