Globalism and the New Regionalism

by Hettne, Bjorn; Inotai, Andras; Sunkel, Osvaldo

• ISBN13: 9780312215637
• ISBN10: 0312215630
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-03-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This is the first of four volumes reporting on the UNU-WIDER project on new regionalism. It deals with the conceptions and meanings of two processes which probably will have a crucial influence on the shape of the "new world order"--globalization and regionalization. They relate to each other as challenge to response, globalization being the challenge of economic and cultural homogenization of the world and regionalization being a social and political reaction. The leading writers in the field contribute thought-provoking and fascinating articles to this volume.

Author Biography

Bj÷rn Hettne is Professor of Department of Peace and Development at the University of G÷teborg.

Andrßs Inotai is Staff Member of the World Bank in Washington, DC.

Osvaldo Sunkel is Professor of Economics and Business Administration and Coordinator of Sustainable Development Programs at the Centro de Anßlisis e Politicas P·blicans, Universidad de Chile.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms	vi	(4)
Notes on the Contributors	x	(3)
Foreword	xiii	(2)
Giovanni Andrea Cornia
The New Regionalism: A Prologue	xv	(16)
Editors' Introduction	xxxi
1 Globalization and the New Regionalism: The Second Great Transformation	1	(24)
Bjorn Hettne
2 Rethinking the `New Regionalism' in the Context of Globalization	25	(29)
James H. Mittelman
3 Regionalization in Response to Polarizing Globalization	54	(31)
Samir Amin
4 Political Regionalism: Master or Servant of Economic Internationalization?	85	(31)
Helge Hveem
5 The New Regionalism: Impediment or Spur to Future Multilateralism?	116	(39)
Percy S. Mistry
6 New Regionalism in Southern Africa: Part of or Alternative to the Globalization of the World Economy?	155	(26)
Bertil Oden
7 Globalism and Regionalism: The Costs of Dichotomy	181	(22)
Ralph Pettman
8 Regionalization and its Impact on the Theory of International Relations	203	(25)
Kaisa Lahteenmaki
Jyrki Kakonen
9 Regionalism and World Order After the Cold War	228	(23)
Richard Falk
Table of Contents of Titles in the WIDER New Regionalism Series	251	(4)
Index	255