"Three trends have dominated the political economy of integration during the last two decades: globalization, economic nationalism, and regionalization. This book explores comparative regional integration, focusing on both intra-regional integration and relations among regions in the context of...

Einleitung -- Die politische Dimension von Sezessionen -- Die völkerrechtliche Zulässigkeit von Sezessionen: Quadratur des juristischen Kreises? Sezessionen im Spannungsfeld zwischen Selbstbestimmungsrecht und Wahrung territorialer Integrität -- Die ökonomische Dimension von Sezessionen --...

ASEAN after 50 : Historical, Theoretical, and Regional Perspectives / Ceren Ergenc -- ASEAN in Regional Environmental Governance : Bright Prospects or Hazy Future? / Helena Varkkey, Şerif Onur Bahçecik, Mohd Talib Latif -- Financial Cooperation in ASEAN : An Inquiry into Its Place in East...

Fruit forward?: Wine regions as geographies of innovation in Australia and Canada / Julie McIntyre, Donna Senese and John S. Hull -- There's no taste like home: histories of native food on the changing landscape of the Northern Rivers Region / Adele Wessel -- Terraform and terra firma:...

"This collective volume shows how Ukraine can best be understood through its regions and how the regions must be considered against the background of the nation. The overarching objective of the book is to challenge the dominance of the nation-state paradigm in the analyses of Ukraine by...

The article is focused on the delimitation of political regionalism. In light of the nature of this concept, it defines the attributes of ethno-regional political parties with respect to the specifics of the Visegrad Four, peculiar post-communist territory comprised of the Czech Republic,...

Článek se zabývá problematikou ekonomické integrace v subsaharské Africe. Nejprve podává historický exkurz do jejího vývoje po druhé světové válce a následně se zaměřuje na hlavní problematické okruhy, které způsobují pomalý postup integrace oproti jiným světovým...

Deepens our understanding of metropolitan governance through an innovative comparative project on the subject of regional governance in Canada and Europe. The book expands the comparative angle from economic competitiveness and social cohesion to housing and transportation and expands our...

"European Union (EU) macro-regional strategies, such as the ones composed for the Adriatic Ionian, Alpine, Baltic Sea and Danube regions, aim to improve transnational cooperation and coordination in a 'territorially defined' setting. These strategies propose an integrated framework for...

East asia and regionalism: an introduction -- East asia's regionalisation and new economic geography -- Regionalism in southeast asia and northeast asia -- East asia and asia-pacific trans-regionalism -- Finance, money and east asian regionalism -- Trade diplomacy and east asian regionalism --...

Given the importance of the assertion or prevention of regional leadership for the future global order, this paper examines the strategies and resources being used to assert regional leadership as well as the reactions of other states within and outside the respective regions. Secondary powers...

Seit einiger Zeit stehen Regionen (wieder) auf der Agenda der Theoriediskussionen in den Internationalen Beziehungen. Es ist u.a. von einer 'emerging regional architecture of world politics' die Rede und von der Zukunft eines 'multiregional system of international relations' oder sogar einer...

Various concepts ascribe key roles to emerging non-OECD countries in regional and global politics. This paper highlights how these concepts hint not only at a shift of global power but also at geopolitical regionalization: according to the theory of hegemonic stability, regional powers (a...

Th e Visegrad Group is an alliance of Eastern European countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia) founded 15 February 1991 in Visegrad with the presidents of Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland signing a ?Declaration on mutual cooperation for further European integration.? Th...

As trade is an important driver of growth and infrastructure is a necessity for trade, infrastructure development has a key role to play in economic development. This study aims to quantify the potential benefits of the development of the economic transport corridors, along with the...

"This book comprising the ten member states of Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam, has undertaken intensified integration into the ASEAN Community through the Rule of Law and Institutions in its 2007 Charter"--

The Asian countries are once again focused on options for large, comprehensive regional integration schemes. In this paper we explore the implications of such broad-based regional trade initiatives in Asia, highlighting the bridging of the East and South Asian economies. We place emphasis on the...

Measures to support Competition Policy and enhance the efficiency of Public Procurement can enhance the impact of regional integration agreements. The first part addresses Competition Policy - measures employed by government to ensure a fair competitive market environment. Competition policy...

Measures to actively facilitate trade are increasingly seen as essential to assist developing countries in expanding trade and benefiting from globalisation. Although often viewed as narrowly concerned with the ease and speed of Customs procedures, even greater trade cost reductions and trade...

Investment is a major determinant of economic growth, both in reference to the level of the capital stock and its productivity, but has been deficient in poor developing countries. A particular concern for poor countries has been relatively low levels of foreign direct investment (FDI), and a...

Der Band dokumentiert mit seinen Beiträgen eine Konferenz über "Regionalism(s)", die im November 2013 in Innsbruck stattfand und gemeinsam von den Länderzentren der Universität Innsbruck organisiert wurde. Wie schon der Titel besagt, bietet er eine Vielfalt an Perspektiven zu diesem Thema,...

Geography causes African countries to experience a ‘proximity gap’. To overcome this gap a ‘big push’ may be needed in infrastructure. The cross-border nature of such infrastructure requires regional cooperation in at least four issues: transport infrastructure, trade facilitation,...

"The Routledge handbook of Asian regionalism is a definitive introduction to, and analysis of, the development of regionalism in Asia, including coverage of East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia. The contributors engage in a comprehensive exploration of what is arguably the most dynamic and...

This analysis of one of the central issues of the our times focuses on Latin America, providing an in-depth and empirically driven analysis of the models of regional governance in Latin America that have now emerged out of the 'crisis of liberalism'

In der Arbeit wird ein Konzept zur Messung der Effizienz regionaler Arbeitsmarktpolitik vorgestellt. Ausgangspunkt ist der Schweizer Ansatz einer anreizkompatiblen Arbeitsvermittlung, in dem die strategischen Ziele der Arbeitsmarktpolitik auf nationaler Ebene vorgegeben werden und die operative...