Microregionalism and World Order FROM THE PUBLISHER
Microregionalism and World Order is a pioneering work on the least understood aspect of regionalism. Leading specialists analyze the form microregionalism takes in different parts of the world, including the Americas, Asia Pacific, and Africa. By illustrating the complex relationship among the political, economic, and social dimensions of microregionalism, the book seeks to contribute to the theoretical debate on regionalism as well as to provide new empirical insights.
SYNOPSIS
The third in a series that began with Gamble and Payne's Regionalism and World Order (1995) and Hook and Kearns' Subregionalism and World Order (1999), this text examines formal and informal regionalist politics within the context of the analyses presented in the first two volumes. Focusing on interaction and cooperation in political, economic, and security relationships, the ten papers presented by Breslin (politics, U. of Warwick, UK) and Hook (Japanese studies, U. of Sheffield, UK) address a conceptually and geographically diverse range of issues, including the achievements of the Tumen River Area Development Programme, involving the two Koreas, Russia, Mongolia, and Japan; the Maputo Development Corridor running through eastern South Africa to Maputo, the capital of Mozambique; and other development initiatives from the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, Japan, the Zambesi Basin, the U.S.-Mexico border, and around the Black Sea. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR