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New Regionalism or No Regionalism? places the Black Sea problématique in a wider historical and spatial context, taking a closer look at the region and examining further the structure of the Black Sea area. The authors offer a perspective on smaller actors with great ambitions, such as Azerbaijan and Romania, and go on to make a comparison between the emerging regionalism in the Black Sea area and regionalisms in other parts of the world.

We review and analyze some recent research on regionalism. We begin by discussing how various studies have defined regions and regionalism. Because much of the work has been conducted by economists, we then turn to a summary of the economics of regionalism. However, it is widely held that economic factors alone are insufficient to explain regionalism's causes and consequences and that political factors are centrally important. We analyze how domestic and international political factors have guided both economic regionalism and security regionalism. We conclude by outlining some avenues for future research, placing particular emphasis on the need to better integrate insights from political economy and international security in the study of regionalism. Copyright © 2010 by Annual Reviews. All rights reserved.

Foreword Pascal Lamy; Introduction Richard Baldwin and Patrick Low; Part I. Background to Regionalism: 1. An historical perspective of regionalism Theresa Carpenter; 2. The landscape of regional trade arrangements and WTO surveillance Roberto V. Fiorentino, Jo-Ann Crawford and Christelle Toqueboeuf; Part II. Multilateralisaton -- Prospects and Past Experience: 3. Beyond tariffs: multilateralising non-tariff RTA commitments Simon Evenett and Patrick Low; Comment S. Miroudot; 4. Multilateralising regionalism: lessons from the EU experience in relaxing rules of origin Michael Gasiorek; 5. The information technology agreement: sui generis or model stepping stone? Catherine Mann and Xuepeng Liu; Comment Alejandro Jara; Part III. Multilateralisation -- Sectors and Themes: 6. Services provisions in regional trade agreements: stumbling or building blocks for multilateral liberalization? Carsten Fink and Marion Jansen; 7. Harmonizing preferential rules of origin regimes around the world Jeremy Harris; Comment Olivier Cadot; 8. Legal avenues to 'multilateralising regionalism': beyond article XXIV Joost Pauwelyn; Part IV. Multilateralization -- Regional Perspectives: 9. Multilateralising regionalism: case study of African regionalism Peter Draper and Mzukisi Qobo; 10. Multilateralising RTAs in the Americas Antoni Estevadeordal, Matthew Shearer and Kati Suominen; Comment Marcelo Olearraga; 11. Multilateralising regional trade arrangements in Asia Masahiro Kawai and Ganesh Wignaraja; Comment I. Cheong; 12. Fitting Asia-Pacific agreements into the WTO system Gary Hufbauer and Jeffrey Shott; 13. Multilateralising preferential trade agreements: a developing country perspective Bernard Hoekman and L. Alan Winters; Comment P. Levy; 14. The challenge of negotiating RTAs for developing countries. What could the WTO do to help? Jim Rollo; Comment C. Barfield.

"Regionalism" published on by Oxford University Press.

The nation states in the Black Sea area have initiated many co-operative policies but the area also sees numerous tensions between neighboring states. The conflict-co-operation paradox, along with ethnic fragmentation and shared culture, are two of the most salient features of the Black Sea Area. These paradoxes are not the only force in the evolution of the region though. There are also issues such as ethnic and national identity, the failure of democratization, energy and resources, as well as the influence of other powers such as Russia, the EU and the USA. The key questions asked by the authors in this book are: to what extent is there an emerging regionalism in the Black Sea area? Is the Black Sea a region? What are the common interests shared by the former USSR states, the three EU member states neighboring the Black Sea - Bulgaria, Greece and Romania, and a NATO country - Turkey? Are the fault-lines dividing them more pervasive than the incentives for cooperation? Can we speak of a shared identity? The first part of the book places the Black Sea problematique in a wider historical and spatial context. The authors then take a closer look at the region and examine further the structure of the Black Sea area. They offer a perspective on smaller actors with great ambitions, such as Azerbaijan and Romania, and go on to make a comparison between the emerging regionalism in the Black Sea area and regionalisms in other parts of the world.

We review and analyze some recent research on regionalism. We begin by discussing how various studies have defined regions and regionalism. Because much of the work has been conducted by economists, we then turn to a summary of the economics of regionalism. However, it is widely held that economic factors alone are insufficient to explain regionalism's causes and consequences and that political factors are centrally important We analyze how domestic and international political factors have guided both economic regionalism and security regionalism. We conclude by outlining some avenues for future research, placing particular emphasis on the need to better integrate insights from political economy and international security in the study of regionalism. Adapted from the source document.

We review and analyze some recent research on regionalism. We begin by discussing how various studies have defined regions and regionalism. Because much of the work has been conducted by economists, we then turn to a summary of the economics of regionalism. However, it is widely held that economic factors alone are insufficient to explain regionalism's causes and consequences and that political factors are centrally important. We analyze how domestic and international political factors have guided both economic regionalism and security regionalism. We conclude by outlining some avenues for future research, placing particular emphasis on the need to better integrate insights from political economy and international security in the study of regionalism.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Why Rethink Regionalism? -- Rethinking Regional History -- Rethinking Regional Space -- Rethinking Regional Comparison -- Rethinking Regions in Global Perspective -- The Organization of the Book -- 2 Learning from History -- Early Regionalism -- Old Regionalism -- New Regionalism -- Conclusion: Towards Comparative Regionalism -- 3 Learning from Theory -- Neorealist and Intergovernmentalist Approaches -- Functionalist, Liberal and Institutionalist Approaches -- Regional Economic Integration Theory -- Social Constructivist Approaches -- Critical Approaches -- New Regionalism Approach -- Post-Structural and Post-Modern Approaches -- Conclusion -- 4 The Richness of Comparative Regionalism -- Eurocentrism and False Universalism -- Parochialism and Area-Centricity -- Integrating 'Europe' Within Comparative Regionalism -- Conclusion: An Eclectic Comparativist Perspective -- 5 Obviating the Gap Between Formal and Informal Regionalism -- Debates About Formal and Informal Regionalism -- East and Southeast Asia -- Europe -- Africa -- Americas -- Conclusion -- 6 Organizing Regional Space -- Types of Regions -- Institutions, Organizations and Networks -- Types of Regional Cooperation Mechanisms -- Intersecting Regional Spaces -- Conclusion -- 7 Multidimensional Regionalism -- Security Regionalism -- Economic and Development Regionalism -- Social Regionalism -- Environmental Regionalism -- Conclusion -- 8 Civil Society in Regionalism -- Debates About Civil Society in Regionalism -- The Pluralism of Civil Society Regionalism: Evidence from Africa -- Conclusion -- 9 External Actors in Regionalism -- Regional Market-Building from Outside -- Building Ecological Regions from Outside -- Constructing and Deconstructing Security Regions from Outside -- Conclusion.

Regions have been widely expressed in the sovereignty strategies of concrete actors since the early 19th century; Since the end of the Cold War, they seem to be a favored response to current globalization processes, especially in the Global South. This volume introduces the fragmented knowledge of different disciplines on the topic of regions and regionalization projects. - Regionen haben in den Souveränitätsstrategien konkreter Akteure bereits seit dem frühen 19. Jahrhundert vielfältigen Ausdruck gefunden; seit dem Ende des Kalten Krieges scheinen sie eine bevorzugte Reaktion auf aktuelle Globalisierungsprozesse darzustellen – vor allem im Globalen Süden. Dieser Band führt in die fragmentierten Wissensbestände unterschiedlicher Disziplinen zum Thema Regionen und Regionalisierungsprojekte ein.

"Comparative Regionalism" published on by Oxford University Press.

The consolidation of regionalism as a broad field of research attracting scholars across disciplines demands an inquiry on its scientific foundations. This inquiry should consider the object of research, the methods and the theories used. First, regionalism scholars lack a consensually agreed definition of their subject. Second, research focusses mainly in case studies, led by area specialists and comparative research is a rather occasional methodological occurrence. Finally, regionalism has not produced significant theoretical advances vis-à-vis neighbouring disciplines. In summary, regionalism contribution to knowledge is scarce and this paper suggests, instead, applying mainstream political science and international relations objects, methods and theories.