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 Geopolitics of Regional Power: Geography, Economics and Politics in Southern Africa
1st Edition
By Sören Scholvin
November 14, 2014
In the last two decades, various states from the Global South have emerged as important players in international relations. Most popular among them is China. Brazil, India and South Africa have also taken essential roles in global and regional politics. Compared to traditional great powers, they ...
Terror and Insurgency in the Sahara-Sahel Region: Corruption, Contraband, Jihad and the Mali War of 2012-2013
1st Edition
By Stephen A. Harmon
October 28, 2014
Harmon focuses on terrorism and insurgency in the lawless expanse of the Sahara Desert and the adjacent, transitional Sahel zone, plus the broader meta-region that includes countries such as Algeria, Mali, and Nigeria, and to a lesser extent, Niger and Mauritania. Covering such issues as Islamist ...
European Union and New Regionalism: Competing Regionalism and Global Governance in a Post-Hegemonic Era
3rd Edition
By Mario Telò
August 19, 2014
Stemming from an international and multidisciplinary network of leading specialists, this best-selling text is fully updated with new chapter additions. With the first edition prepared at the end of the last century and the second edition adding inter-regional relations, this new edition focuses on...
China's Diplomacy in Eastern and Southern Africa
1st Edition
Edited
By Seifudein Adem
November 28, 2013
In contemporary discourse on China-Africa relations, there are, on the one hand, the Sino-pessimists who see China as a giant vacuum-cleaner, sucking up Africa’s resources in order to fuel its own rapid industrialization, and destroying Africa’s development potential in the process. On the other ...
Comparative Regionalisms for Development in the 21st Century: Insights from the Global South
1st Edition
By Timothy M. Shaw, Emmanuel Fanta
September 18, 2013
The global 'financial' crisis at the turn of the decade has accelerated changes in the relative standing of major regions. As both the US and Eurozone economies have confronted a series of setbacks and struggles to find their second breath, so Asia, Latin America and even Africa have picked up the ...
The New Democracy Wars: The Politics of North American Democracy Promotion in the Americas
1st Edition
By Neil A. Burron
December 28, 2012
Burron provides a critical analysis of Canadian and US democracy promotion in the Americas. He concentrates on Haiti, Peru, and Bolivia in particular but situates them within a larger analysis of Canadian and US foreign policy - bilateral and regional - in the areas of trade, investment, diplomacy...
The Euro in the 21st Century: Economic Crisis and Financial Uproar
1st Edition
By Maria Lorca-Susino
January 28, 2011
The Euro in the 21st Century clarifies the perception of the euro and empirically demonstrates that the euro has become a true common currency and the Eurozone a true optimal currency area, presenting, in turn, a model to imitate. In order to demonstrate this, this study analyzes the economic and ...
Crafting an African Security Architecture: Addressing Regional Peace and Conflict in the 21st Century
1st Edition
Edited
By Hany Besada
July 28, 2010
The humanitarian crises caused by civil conflicts and wars in Africa are too great in scope for an adequate and effective continental response. The founding of the African Union and the drafting of the Responsibility to Protect doctrine, the basis for collective action against genocide, ethnic ...
Comparative Regional Integration: Europe and Beyond
1st Edition
Edited
By Finn Laursen
May 28, 2010
This volume features up-to-date studies of regional integration efforts in all major parts of the world, especially North America, South America, and East Asia. Comparisons are drawn between these efforts and those made in the EU, where integration has progressed much further. The book asks: what ...
The Rise of China and the Capitalist World Order
1st Edition
Edited
By Li Xing
February 28, 2010
China's rise within global society and politics has brought it into the spotlight - for social scientists, the country's long and dramatic transformations in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries make it an ideal case study for research on political and economic development and social changes. ...
The EU and World Regionalism: The Makability of Regions in the 21st Century
1st Edition
Edited
By Philippe De Lombaerde, Michael Schulz
December 28, 2009
Much has been said about the driving forces of region-building processes or regionalization worldwide, yet few systematic and comparative studies have been conducted on how regions can contribute to the building of other regions - and more concretely, how the European Union has 'pushed' for ...
The Role of the European Union in Asia: China and India as Strategic Partners
1st Edition
Edited
By Bart Gaens, Juha Jokela
October 28, 2009
Establishing strategic partnerships is a key objective for the European Union. These partnerships provide frameworks for flexible and long-term cooperation with global and regional players. This book focuses on the EU's strategy toward China and India and explores ways of promoting a stronger and ...