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Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Part I: Historical Foundations of the ACP-EU Relationship -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Historical Context: Evolution of the ACP-EU Relationship -- Main Issues in the ACP-EU Relationship -- Shifting Strategies and Interests -- The Nature and Role of Development in the ACP-EU Relationship -- The Impact of the ACP-EU Partnership on ACP Regional Integration -- The Challenge of Asymmetries Between the ACP and the EU -- Political Issues in the ACP-EU Relationship -- Outline of the Book -- Notes -- Chapter 2: A History of the ACP-EU Relationship: The Origins and Spirit of Lomé -- From Yaoundé to Lomé -- Lomé and the Birth of the ACP -- The Life of Lomé -- From Lomé to Cotonou -- Concluding Reflections -- Notes -- Part II: An Anatomy of the ACP-EU Relationship -- Chapter 3: The EU and Africa: The Political Economy of an Asymmetrical Partnership -- Africa-EU Trade: From Lomé to Cotonou -- Africa-EU Economic Partnership Agreements -- African Opposition to the Economic Partnership Agreements -- The Role of Development Assistance in Africa-EU Relations -- Political Aspects of the Africa-EU Relationship -- Concluding Reflections -- Notes -- Chapter 4: The EU and the Caribbean: The Necessity of Unity -- From CARICOM to CARIFORUM -- From Lomé to Cotonou -- Trends in the EU-Caribbean Relationship -- The EU-CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement -- Flawed Negotiations -- Absence of an Effective Development Dimension -- Surrender of Policy Space -- Impact on Regional Integration -- Onerous Implementation -- The Future of Caribbean-EU Relations -- Caribbean-ACP Relations -- A Caribbean Perspective on the Future of ACP-EU Relations -- Concluding Reflections -- Notes -- Chapter 5: The EU and the Pacific: A Tale of Unfulfilled Expectations

Bolstered by the 2008 global financial crisis, and the BRICS' increased economic weight, the latter has called for change to global economic governance. The BRICS critique and proposals are towards a re-structuring of global economic governance to reflect their increasing weight in the global political economy rather than replacing the principles and philosophy (ideas)—explicitly or implicitly—undergirding the neoliberal economic order. The changes being proposed can be likened to Hall's first and second order change which simply re-arranges existing policy without bringing about radical changes. The paper argues that the conditions necessary for third order change - radical policy change or a paradigm shift - do not exist to provide the BRICS with a framework for challenging global economic governance. These include: (a) the lack of expert consensus on the cause of the crisis and the absence of a sufficiently coherent and unified body of ideas to form an alternative model; and (b) asymmetries in elements of the research process between those which support the neo liberal agenda and those which provide counter perspectives.
Key words: BRICS; global economic governance; neoliberalism; paradigm maintenance; ideas; policy adjustments.


Recebido em: março/2017.
Aprovado em: dezembro/2017.

1. Introduction -- 2. Interrogating Regional Integration Worldwide -- 3. Regional Integration in the Caribbean -- 4. The History and Background of Cuba-U.S. Relations (Until December 17, 2014) -- 5. Advancements in the Cuba-U.S. Relationship -- 6. Limits on the Cuba-U.S. Relationship -- 7. Factors and Actors Impacting Cuba-U.S. Relations -- 8. Background: U.S. Impact on the Cuba-CARICOM Relationship -- 9. Cuba-CARICOM Cooperation -- 10. Cuba-CARICOM Trade and Economic Relations -- 11. Conclusion