ABSTRACT
This scholarly and interdisciplinary volume sheds much needed light on the realtionship between national policies, regional integration patterns and the wider global setting. It covers regional patterns in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Individual chapters focus on topics ranging from industrial or financial policies to social welfare regimes, as well as broader assessments and comparisons of regional arrangements in a global context. The chapters point to the diversity of regional patterns in the world economy and the continuing importance of national regulatory structures, yet they also point to the common pressures of globalisation felt by all, especially in the domain of capital markets. With broad coverage and clear but sophisticated analysis this new book will be vital reading to all those seeking to clarify their understanding of the contemporary regional/global paradox.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |16 pages
Introduction
part |80 pages
Regional economic integration in the global economy
chapter |23 pages
Regional economic co-operation, global markets and domestic politics
chapter |26 pages
The international political economy of regionalism
chapter |16 pages
In the whirlwind of globalization and multilateralism
part |98 pages
Public policy, globalization and regionalism
chapter |23 pages
‘Subversive liberalism'
chapter |18 pages
The social democratic predicament and global economic integration
chapter |21 pages
Strapped to the mast
part |54 pages
Supranational governance and regulation