National Perspectives on the New Regionalism in the Third World

This book presents various national perspectives on the process of regionalization in order to get a more concrete understanding of its dynamics. It is dedicated to country studies from the South and explores to what extent the new regionalism can provide solutions to the challenges of globalization faced by the South. This is the third volume in The New Regionalism Series .

Autorentext

BJÖRN HETTNE is Professor at the Department of Peace and Development, Göteborg University. He is the author of a number of books and articles on development theory, international political economy, European integration and ethnic relations.

ANDRAS INOTAI is Director-General of the Institute for World Economics, Budapest. Since February 1996 he has been Head of the Task force for Hungary's EU-integration Strategy; he was also a Staff Member of the World Bank, Washington, DC (1989-1991).

OSVALDO SUNKEL is Professor of Economics and Business Administration, and Director of the Center for Public Policy Analysis at the University of Chile. He is also special adviser to ECLAC.

Inhalt
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Notes on the Contributors Foreword by Giovanni Andrea Cornia Prologue Editors Preface Introduction To Be or Not To Be? Regionalization in East and Southeast Asia; J.Öjendal China's Options in Asia Pacific Regionalization; Z.Tiejun The East Asian Economic Caucus: Regionalism Denied; S.Leong India in SAARC: Reluctant Policy-maker; S.D.Muni Chile: The Search for Open Regionalism ; A.van Klaveren Globalization vs Regionalism: A Brazilian Point of View; M.M.Moreira Uruguayan Foreign Policies in the Nineties: Continuities and Changes with a View to Recent Regionalisms; L.Bizzozero Regionalist Responses in the Caribbean Basin; J.Grugel & A.J.Payne Regional Integration - Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Entity: On Whose Terms?; H.Lindholm-Schulz & M.Schulz The Southern Africa Region and the Regional Hegemon; B.Odén Building a New Relationship in Southern Africa: The Challenge Facing South Africa's Government of National Unity; R.Davies Hegemon, Region and Nation State - The Case of Mozambique; H.Abrahamsson Contents of Volumes 1 - 5 Index