Regionalism And Reform

Author : Ronald Bruce St John
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2006-01-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134003464

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Revolution, Reform and Regionalism in Southeast Asia by Ronald Bruce St John Pdf

Based on research carried out over the three decades, this book compares the post-war political economies of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam in the context of their individual and collective impact on contemporary efforts at regional integration. The author highlights the different paths to reform taken by the three neighbours and the effect this has had on regional plans for economic development through the ASEAN and the Greater Mekong Subregion. Through its comparative analysis of the reforms implemented by Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam over the last thirty years, the book draws attention to parallel themes of continuity and change. The author discusses how the three states have demonstrated related characteristics whilst at the same time making different modifications in order to exploit the unique strengths of their individual cultures. Contributing to the contemporary debate over the role of democratic reform in promoting economic development, the book provides a detailed account of the political economies of three states at the heart of Southeast Asia.

Author : Michael Keating,John Loughlin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136305672

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The Political Economy of Regionalism by Michael Keating,John Loughlin Pdf

Examining the effects of economic and political restructuring on regions in Europe and North America, the main themes here are: international economic restructuring; political realignments questions of territorial identity; and policy choices and policy conflicts in regional development.

Author : Jonathan Bradbury,John Mawson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781136034961

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British Regionalism and Devolution by Jonathan Bradbury,John Mawson Pdf

This contributors provide a range of perspectives on the increasingly central issues of state reform, European integration and British regionalism in the 1990s. Using case material, the contributors examine: the effects of state reform and European integration on British regionalism and the devolution debate; and the nature of recent central responses to the re-emergence of regional and devolution issues, with a particular focus on the recent policies of the Major governments and the policies of the Opposition parties. They also present some evidence which suggests that state reform and EC/EU developments have determined and accentuated important new trends in British regionalism, and underpin the plausibility of far-reaching regional and devolution reforms.

Author : Randall White
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Regionalism
ISBN : 1550020552

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Voice of Region by Randall White Pdf

Author : A. J. Brown,Jennifer Bellamy
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2007-08-01
Category : Australia
ISBN : 9781921313424

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Federalism and Regionalism in Australia by A. J. Brown,Jennifer Bellamy Pdf

Sections include: "Setting the scene: old questions or new?", "Drivers for change: new approaches to federalism and regionalism", and "New institutions? Approaching the challenge of reform."

Author : Professor James W. Scott
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781409488002

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De-coding New Regionalism by Professor James W. Scott Pdf

Bringing together comparative case studies from Central Europe and South America, this book focuses on 'new' regions – regions created as political projects of modernization and 're-scaling'. Through this approach it de-codes 'New Regionalism' in terms of its contributions to institutional change, while acknowledging its contested nature and contradictions. It questions whether these regions are merely a strategy of neo-liberal adjustment to changing political and economic conditions, or whether they are indicative of true reform, greater citizen participation and empowerment. It assesses whether these regions are really representing something new or whether they are a reconfiguration of traditional power relationships. It provides a timely critical analysis of 'region-building' and the extent to which national processes of decentralization and sub-national processes of regionalism can enhance the effectiveness and responsiveness of governance.

Author : Institute for Research on Public Policy
Publisher : Institute for Research on Public Policy and Policy Studies Institute
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015005000107

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Regionalism and Supranationalism by Institute for Research on Public Policy Pdf

Author : Etel Solingen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317636823

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Comparative Regionalism by Etel Solingen Pdf

This book comprises key essays on comparative regionalism and, more broadly, on regional conflict and cooperation by Professor Etel Solingen. The study of regionalism, a subject pioneered by Solingen in the 1990s, is now an established field of inquiry, with a large community of scholars and practitioners around the world. This book provides a window into an evolving conceptual framework for comparing regional arrangements, with a special emphasis on non-European regions. Framed by a comprehensive, previously unpublished introduction, the chapters provide a broad spectrum of analysis on domestic political economy, democracy, regional institutions, and global forces as they shape different regional outcomes and trajectories in economics and security. Themes as different as the regional effects of democratization in the Middle East and East Asia, the rise of China, Euro-Mediterranean relations, and regional nuclear trajectories are traced back to a common analytical core. The nature of domestic ruling coalitions serves as the pivotal analytical anchor explaining the effects of globalization and economic reform on different regional arrangements. This collection provides a focal point that brings this work together in a new light and will be of much interest to students of regionalism, international relations theory, international and comparative political economy, international history and grand strategy.

Author : Adelle Blackett,Christian Lévesque
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 635 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136922947

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Social Regionalism in the Global Economy by Adelle Blackett,Christian Lévesque Pdf

Regional trade agreements have expanded exponentially over the past decade, and have become a significant, if controversial, factor in the expanse of economic globalization. Social Regionalism in the Global Economy attempts to take a fresh, interdisciplinary approach to addressing labour regulation by drawing upon insights from industrial relations, comparative capitalism, and new governance schools of thought. It stands for the proposition that an interdisciplinary study of regional regulation holds the potential to offer a fuller account of social regionalism. Its focus is to consider how institutions and labour market actors reconstruct and renegotiate regulatory space in a changing economic environment characterized by regional impulses. It argues that there is a dynamic interplay between institutions and actors of social regulation. This interplay occurs at many levels. The book therefore maps both how actors shape institutions as well as how institutions shape social actors’ ability to affect regulatory processes. The editors bring together leading international specialists willing to move beyond textual analyses of regional agreements to offer alternative accounts of regional integration. The work emphasizes that institutional context and social actors at multiple governance levels are integral to the progressive construction and regulation of regional space. It further contributes to the literature by combining insights from overlooked regional entities in transition and developing countries with original analyses from the European Union and the NAFTA. These aims will be achieved by combining original research that is empirically grounded with theoretically informed analysis.

Author : Peter Gourevitch
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-02-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000736298

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Paris and the Provinces by Peter Gourevitch Pdf

First published in 1980, Paris and the Provinces explores why reforms of central-local relations in France have been so ineffectual. Professor Gourevitch discovers the cause in party politics and personal rivalries. The struggle for dominance among different parties (Gaullists, Communists, Socialists, Christian Democrats, Independents and others) and individuals (De Gaulle, Giscard, Chirac, Mitterand, Marchais, etc.) has influenced virtually every aspect of institutional reform, from the creation of the regional administration and delineation of its powers to the delegation of specific responsibilities to cities and towns. Conflict over the mechanisms that link local life to the national government is by no means limited to France. This book closely examines comparable events in Italy and analyses the factors that differentiate the strength of ‘ethnically’ based challenges to central authority in Britain, Spain, Belgium, Yugoslavia and Canada, from the relative weakness of such challenges in France, Italy and Germany. By evaluating the territorial distribution between the capital and the countryside as both an influence on and an object of policy, Paris and the Provinces contributes significantly to understanding the connections between party politics and policy formation and will be of interest to students of political science, government, and public policy.

Author : Gerald Benjamin,Richard P. Nathan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2001-06-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815798118

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Regionalism and Realism by Gerald Benjamin,Richard P. Nathan Pdf

Drawing on the history of state and local government in the New York Tri-State metropolitan region, the authors present a pathbreaking new theory about the values reformers must understand and balance in order to tackle the hard challenges of reforming and regionalizing local governance in the complex, dynamic world of American politics and public policy. Their examination of the way 2,179 local governments in the Tri-State region have evolved over more than a century pays special attention to New York City, but is applicable to other metropolitan areas. It brings to life ideas that are crucial to a subject that in the academic literature is often treated in a way that is abstract and hard to grasp. This is a valuable book for scholars, political leaders, and students interested in regionalism in metropolitan America and in the fascinating history and governance of the nation¡¯s largest city and its vast metropolitan region.

Author : Inter-American Development Bank
Publisher : IDB
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2002-10-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1931003238

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Beyond Borders: The New Regionalism in Latin America by Inter-American Development Bank Pdf

Although regional integration initiatives have a long history in the world economy, these efforts have expanded significantly since the 1990s. In Latin America and the Caribbean, a wave of regional integration initiatives has included free trade areas, customs unions, and steps towards common markets. The emergence of this "new regionalism"of trade in which global and regional forces complement one another has been driven by such factors as the opening up of economies and structural reforms. This year's edition of Economic and Social Progress in Latin America explores the dimensions of integration, macroeconomic coordination, and the effects of regional integration on productivity, market access, foreign direct investment, infrastructure and income inequality. Topics include subregional integration schemes, the multilateral trade agenda launched in Doha, initiatives such as the Free Trade Area of the Americas, and interregional agreements with the European Union.

Author : Ricardo Laremont
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136023682

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Revolution, Revolt and Reform in North Africa by Ricardo Laremont Pdf

Providing an account of the recent revolutions or reform movements that constituted part of the Arab Spring, this book focuses on these transformative processes in a North African context. Whilst the longer term outcomes of the Arab Spring revolts are not entirely clear, the revolutionary or reform processes in North Africa are further along than the events taking place in Levant or the Arabian Peninsula, elections having now been held in the post-revolutionary/ post-revolt states. Understanding and examining North African events has become critical as the countries in question are part of Mare Nostrum; events in North Africa inevitably have effects in Europe. Using examples from Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Algeria, Revolution, Revolt and Reform in North Africa provides an insider scholar’s account of these recent revolutions or reform movements. One of the first attempts at undertaking an analysis of possible transitions to democracy in the region, this book is a valuable resource for students and researchers with an interest in the Middle East, Political Science or contemporary affairs in general.

Author : Stefan Schirm
Publisher : Polity
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2002-09-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0745629695

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Globalization and the New Regionalism by Stefan Schirm Pdf

The European Single Market, NAFTA and Mercosur powerfully shape international relations and economic development; they also symbolize a shift in economic policy towards a world market-oriented and liberalizing strategy. Schirm argues that this new regionalism is essentially aresult of the impact of globalization on domestic politics. The increasing transnational mobility of private economic actors alters the costs and benefits of economic policy options for governments as well as the interests of domestic groups. Globalization stimulates economic reforms whose economic efficiency and political acceptability are increased through regional cooperation. Globalization and the New Regionalism is innovative in three aspects: it offers a new theoretical approach to integration theory; it develops a distinct interpretative model for the impact of globalization on states; and it compares systematically the influence of globalization and the preferences for cooperation cross-regionally in Europe and the Americas. Case studies include the industrialized countries France, Germany, Great Britain and the United States, as well as the newly industrializing countries Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. This book is a timely contribution to the debate on the consequences of globalization and the foundations of regionalism, and has far-reaching implications for theories of international relations and political economy.

Author : Dee Philippa,Philippa S. Dee
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789814508759

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Services Trade Reform by Dee Philippa,Philippa S. Dee Pdf

The book shows policy makers how to approach the economics and politics of services trade reform domestically, consistent with relevant special features of services trade. It shows analysts the full policy implications of those special features, including what they mean and how services reform should be treated in the future in national and international forums.