The Evolution of Regionalism in Asia: Economic and Security Issues

by Dieter; Heribert

• ISBN13: 9780415446846
• ISBN10: 0415446848
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-29
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

By combing the analysis of the three dimensions of integration this book enables readers to gain a broad understanding of the theory and practice of the integration processes.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
List of illustrations	p. xi
List of contributors	p. xiii
List of abbreviations	p. xiv
Concepts of regionalism, inter-regional relations and the role of specific players	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
'Asia, whose Asia?' Evolving conceptions of an Asian Community from the 1920s till today	p. 11
China's rise in Asia: regional cooperation and grand strategy	p. 34
Japan and the evolution of Asian regionalism: responsible for three normative transformations	p. 57
Regionalism in trade, finance and production	p. 77
Bilateral trade agreements in Asia: wise or short-sighted policies?	p. 79
Responses to regionalism: corporate strategy in East Asia	p. 99
The future of monetary regionalism in Asia: a joint currency or limited cooperation?	p. 123
Regionalism and security	p. 143
Trade and security in East Asia: political (non-?) integration in an insecure region	p. 145
The (in)effectiveness of security regionalism: comparing ASEAN and the Pacific Islands Forum	p. 160
Regional peace through economic integration: the applicability of the European model in South Asia	p. 177
Index	p. 200
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