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.
China-Africa Relations in an Era of Great Transformations
1st Edition
By Li Xing, Abdulkadir Osman Farah
November 10, 2016
This collection juxtaposes a variety of approaches about China and Africa, and their interrelations seeking to go beyond early, simplistic formulations. Perspectives informed by Polanyi advance nuanced analysis of varieties of capitalisms and double-movements. It seeks to put contemporary ...
Latin America's Quest for Globalization: The Role of Spanish Firms
1st Edition
By Félix E. Martín, Pablo Toral
November 10, 2016
Investments by Spanish firms in Latin America have grown since the early 1990s by taking over many of the state-owned firms put out to tender. Second only to the United States, these investments make Spain one of the largest markets of foreign direct investment for Latin America. This ...
Mapping Agency: Comparing Regionalisms in Africa
1st Edition
By Ulrike Lorenz-Carl, Martin Rempe
November 10, 2016
Despite regionalism having developed into a global phenomenon, the European Union (EU) is still more often than not presented as the ’role-model of regionalism’ whose institutional designs and norms are adopted by other regional actors and organizations as part of a rather passive ’downloading ...
New Perspectives on Globalization and Antiglobalization: Prospects for a New World Order?
1st Edition
Edited
By Henry Veltmeyer
November 10, 2016
This completely revised and updated sequel to Globalization and Antiglobalization advances our understanding of the dynamics of neoliberal globalization and draws our attention towards efforts to construct 'another world' beyond neoliberalism. To advance our understanding of these forces and ...
Reconfiguring Global Climate Governance in North America: A Transregional Approach
1st Edition
By Marcela López-Vallejo
October 26, 2016
Global climate governance has presented problems that have led to failures, yet it has also opened the door to new transregional governance schemes, especially in North America. This book introduces an environmental dimension into the concept of governance. Almost fifteen years after the climate ...
Regionalism and Regional Security in South Asia: The Role of SAARC
1st Edition
By Zahid Shahab Ahmed
October 19, 2016
Zahid Shahab Ahmed evaluates the progress of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). This study goes beyond economic integration to present a detailed appraisal of cooperation under the overarching themes of economic cooperation, environmental security, human welfare, and ...
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 ...