New Regionalisms Series
About the Book Series
The New Regionalisms series presents innovative analyses of a range of novel regional relations & institutions. Going beyond formal, interstate organisations, this interdisciplinary Series builds on over two decades of the pioneering International Political Economy of New Regionalisms series, also edited by Professor Timothy M. Shaw.
New Regionalisms is creative & cosmopolitan, reflecting enquiries from & about the global South & North. It reinforces ongoing networks of analysts in both academia & think-tanks as well as international institutions concerned with micro-, meso- & macro-level regionalisms in the third decade of the 21st century & beyond.
The New Regionalism in Africa
1st Edition
By Fredrik Söderbaum, J. Andrew Grant
October 19, 2016
This edited volume transcends conventional state-centric and formalistic notions of regionalism and theorizes, conceptualizes and analyzes the complexities and contradictions of regionalization processes in contemporary Africa. The collection not only unpacks and theorizes the African ...
The European Union after Lisbon: Polity, Politics, Policy
1st Edition
Edited
By Søren Dosenrode
October 17, 2016
A few years have passed since the Lisbon Treaty came into force but the question still remains of what the Lisbon Treaty has actually brought about. Was it just 'relatively insignificant' as some scholars have claimed, or was it 'something' more? This book sets out to look at this question and it ...
Community of Insecurity: SADC's Struggle for Peace and Security in Southern Africa
1st Edition
By Laurie Nathan
October 10, 2016
Exploring the formation, evolution and effectiveness of the regional security arrangements of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), Nathan examines a number of vital and troubling questions: * why has SADC struggled to establish a viable security regime? * why has it been unable ...
Exploring the New South American Regionalism (NSAR)
1st Edition
By Ernesto Vivares
September 06, 2016
The events and processes that have taken place in the last decade in South America have given way to one of the most interesting regional phenomena under a global crisis and within a changing world order. From the traditional status of Washington´s backyard and reign of economic and political ...
Re-mapping the Americas: Trends in Region-making
1st Edition
By W. Andy Knight, Julián Castro-Rea
September 06, 2016
Since the end of the Second World War the map of the Americas has changed dramatically. Not only were many former European colonies turned into sovereign states, there was also an ongoing process of region-making recognizable throughout the hemisphere and obvious through the establishment of ...
Comparative Regional Integration: Theoretical Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Finn Laursen
April 07, 2016
By contrasting different theoretical perspectives on regional integration, this valuable text advances our understanding of this important phenomenon in international relations. The volume contains theoretical considerations with empirical studies of integration efforts in many parts of the world ...
Africa in the Age of Globalisation: Perceptions, Misperceptions and Realities
1st Edition
By Edward Shizha, Lamine Diallo
March 04, 2016
This is a collection of bold and visionary scholarship that reveals an insightful exposition of re-visioning African development from African perspectives. It provides educators, policy makers, social workers, non-governmental agencies, and development agencies with an interdisciplinary conceptual ...
Contemporary Regional Development in Africa
1st Edition
By Kobena T. Hanson
March 04, 2016
Contemporary Regional Development in Africa interrogates well-known concerns in the areas of regionalism and economic integration in contemporary Africa, while offering an added uniqueness by highlighting the capacity imperatives of the issues, and proposing critical policy guideposts. The volume ...
The Eastern Mediterranean in Transition: Multipolarity, Politics and Power
1st Edition
By Spyridon N. Litsas, Aristotle Tziampiris
April 08, 2015
The wider region of the Eastern Mediterranean is in transition. What is being evinced is a situation of continuous volatility, centering on developments such as the ’Arab Spring,’ the Greek sovereign debt crisis, Islamic terrorism, the continuation of deadlock over the Cypriot and Palestinian ...
Limits to Regional Integration
1st Edition
By Søren Dosenrode
March 20, 2015
Regionalization in general and regional integration in particular have taken place at a growing pace since the end of the Cold War, when states were set free from various security overlays. Regional integration is ’logical’ as it is supposed to advance wealth and peace. Still, the picture is far ...
A New Scramble for Africa?: The Rush for Energy Resources in Sub-Saharan Africa
1st Edition
By Sören Scholvin
February 11, 2015
Global energy consumption will increase rapidly in the next decades. The discrepancy between demand and supply is worrisome within the old and new cores of the world-economy. Sub-Saharan Africa meanwhile possesses vast potential for energy resources to be further exploited. Whilst the Global North ...
Converging Regions: Global Perspectives on Asia and the Middle East
1st Edition
By Nele Lenze, Charlotte Schriwer
November 19, 2014
For over a millennium, Asia and the Middle East have been closely connected through maritime activities and trade, a flourishing relationship that has given rise to new and thriving societies across the Indian Ocean region and Arabia. In recent times, with the global political and economic power ...