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Advances the concept of region building as an alternative to the construction of regions with three issues of region building being explored: Why are regions built in a world of states? How do region building processes take place? And how are regions transforming the present world order?

Mapping Agency provides an empirically rich 'African perspective' on regionalisms in Sub-Saharan Africa. It adopts an actor-centred approach but departs from a rather simplified understanding of agency as exerting power and instead scrutinizes to what extent actors actually participate in or are excluded from processes of regionalism.

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.

The Transnational Middle East posits that the development of regional dynamics, processes and circulations of all kinds, can be documented. In this regard, the approaches it develops ¿ `bottom-up¿ regionalisation, `globalisation from below¿ ¿ allow for a better understanding of the ways in which the Middle East is part of global transformations. Based on fieldwork in the Middle East, the book provides venues for further theoretical elaboration on globalisation and contemporary societies, as well as on processes of regionalisation. It draws on the emergence of genuine regional spaces of culture, art, economic activity, human circulation ¿ which supplement and do not contradict ¿ and other infra-national, national, or global social processes.

This collection seeks to put contemporary China-Africa relations in critical, comparative context and in doing so, it will go beyond descriptions of inter-regional trade and investment, large- and small-scale sectors, to ask whether structural change is underway.

Focuses on Spanish multinational enterprises in Latin America. This volume analyzes the sociological and political consequences of investments and exhibits several theoretical and methodological approaches. This book is for those who want to understand structural reforms, their consequences and the international impact of economic reform.

The nation states in the Black Sea area have initiated many co-operative policies but the area also sees numerous tensions between neighboring states. The conflict-co-operation paradox, along with ethnic fragmentation and shared culture, are two of the most salient features of the Black Sea Area. These paradoxes are not the only force in the evolution of the region though. There are also issues such as ethnic and national identity, the failure of democratization, energy and resources, as well as the influence of other powers such as Russia, the EU and the USA. The key questions asked by the authors in this book are: to what extent is there an emerging regionalism in the Black Sea area? Is the Black Sea a region? What are the common interests shared by the former USSR states, the three EU member states neighboring the Black Sea - Bulgaria, Greece and Romania, and a NATO country - Turkey? Are the fault-lines dividing them more pervasive than the incentives for cooperation? Can we speak of a shared identity? The first part of the book places the Black Sea problematique in a wider historical and spatial context. The authors then take a closer look at the region and examine further the structure of the Black Sea area. They offer a perspective on smaller actors with great ambitions, such as Azerbaijan and Romania, and go on to make a comparison between the emerging regionalism in the Black Sea area and regionalisms in other parts of the world.

Offers a coherent picture of strategic, design and political economy aspects of North-South trade negotiation processes, from African, Asian and Latin American perspectives. This title provides negotiators and policy makers in the South with recommendations, best practices, and benchmarks and contribute to the understanding of these processes.

After the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Canada, the US and Mexico redefined their public policies to facilitate the regionalization of transactions. However, institutional gaps remain in the cross-border governance of security aspects. This book examines these deficiencies, gathering interdisciplinary contributions from specialists working on continental issues within all three countries, and highlighting the transnational dimension of certain issues still managed under national-framed policies.

Providing the first book-length analysis of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), this volume asks how can it be ensured that the AfCFTA is effectively implemented to deliver inclusive trade in Africa.

Includes themes such as: how regions and cities adapt to a Network Society and a globalized environment, the policies they pursue and how structures of governance are transformed in the pursuit of those policies. This title addresses these issues with specific reference to the Nordic regions of Europe.

By contrasting theoretical perspectives on regional integration, this text advances our understanding of this important phenomenon in international relations. The volume contains theoretical considerations with empirical studies of integration efforts in Asia, Europe, Africa and Latin America.

Clarifies the perception of the euro and 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. This title sheds light on how the economic and monetary circumstances affect the euro project through and analysis of three intertwined issues.

Triggered by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Canada, the United States and Mexico redefined their public policies to facilitate the regionalization of transactions. However, this volume addresses the institutional gaps that still remain focusing mainly on the cross-border governance of security aspects.

Covering such issues as Islamist terrorism, border insecurity, contraband, and human trafficking, this book looks at the interrelated problems of political and social pathologies that affect terrorist movements and security in the Sahara-Sahel region. A valuable publication.

The nation states in the Black Sea area have initiated many co-operative policies but the area also sees numerous tensions between neighboring states. This title places the Black Sea problematique in a historical and spatial context. It takes a closer look at the region and examines further the structure of the Black Sea area.

Takes a comparative approach across space and time to regional organizations in North and South America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. This book describes and explains the genesis and growth of regional organizations. It considers the impact of regional organizations on their member states.

Explores various aspects of the key relationships between Canada, Mexico and the United States. This book addresses such issues as Indigenous peoples, epistemic communities, security, migration, civil societies, democracy, identities and culture.

Regionalism and globalisation have been prominent themes in academic and political debates. This study offers: different avenues in theorising regionalisation; a framework for analysis and comparison; and, a historical perspective and the explicit application.

This book traces the advent and subsequent growth of production sharing between outsourcing textile, apparel firms and assembly operations located in designated export processing zones. This case study allows a number of broad conclusions to be reached regarding the political economy of production sharing.

Relatively little is known about how regional integration affects poverty. Many suggest that increased investment would be one of the benefits of agreeing on regional integration provisions. This volume examines the channels through which regional integration affects poverty and analyzes empirically the effects on foreign direct investment.

EU-Russian energy dialogue represents a policy issue that forces us to take a serious look at crucial questions related to Europe. This book not only outlines the overall characteristics of the energy dialogue, but also illustrates the involved policy implementation challenges by paying special attention to the regional context of northern Europe.

Analyses the poverty reduction effectiveness of certain aspects of the European Union's (EU) development policy and suggests ways in which to enhance its effectiveness. This book focuses on three aspects of EU development policy: trade, agriculture and food security, and modes of policy-making and implementation.

Exploring the formation, evolution and effectiveness of the regional security arrangements of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the author examines a number of vital and troubling questions: Why has SADC struggled to establish a viable security regime? Why has it been unable to engage in successful peacemaking?

Studies the effectiveness of regional institutions as well as key questions concerning the attempts to overcome serious problems of security, governance and poor economic performance in the Pacific. This book talks about the requirement of a stronger commitment to overcome apparent national problems through regional cooperation.

Many developing countries have joined the rapidly growing global system of regional trade agreements (RTAs) over the past years. This volume looks at how 'getting governance right' is a central element for successful RTA implementation. It also provides eight important lessons for assessing monitoring around the world.

For decades North Africa and the Middle East have been areas of overlapping identities and integration processes. This volume asks the question to what extent these various identities and integration processes are compatible, or whether and to what extent they are in conflict.