1. Introduction.- Part I: Regional Organizations: An Analytical Framework. 2. Typology of Regional Organizations.- 3. Historical Factors.-4. Economic Development and Crises.- 5. Power Assymetries. 6. Political Regime.- Part II: The Universe of Regional Integration Organizations. 7. Determinants of RO Type: Large-N Evidence.- 8. "Straight Path" Alive and Kicking Regional Organizations.- 9. Alternative Path: A Regional Organization's Rebirth.- 10. Integration Rhetoric.- 11. Talking Club.- 12. Zombies and Coma.- 13. Dissolution of Regional Organizations.- 14. Conclusions.- Annex: Regional Integration Database data.- Endnotes
"This book represents a highly detailed accounting of regional integration around the world. The authors ask important questions regarding regional organizations' goal setting and persistence. The reader is treated to an excellent review of theory and meticulous testing of hypotheses. The data-driven conclusions strongly add to our understanding of state cooperation." (Professor Gaspare Genna, University of Texas at El Paso, U.S.A.) "Vinokurov and Libman provide an invaluable comparative analysis of the proliferating jumble of regional economic organizations around the globe. Combining theory with qualitative and quantitative data, the authors offer a thorough guidebook to one of the most important developments in international political economy and regionalism." (Professor Harley Balzer, Georgetown University, U.S.A.)
Dr. Evgeny Vinokurov is the Director of the Centre for Integration
Studies at the Eurasian Development Bank, St. Petersburg,
Russia. He has collaborated with various
international organizations, including the UN, UNDP, UNESCAP,
EU, ASEAN, CIS, EAEU, World Bank, EBRD, ADB, and IDB.
Prof. Dr. Alexander Libman is a Professor at Ludwig-Maximilian
University of Munich. He is also Associate Research Fellow at
the International Center for the Study of Institutions
and Development of theNational Research University Higher
School of Economics (Moscow), and Associate Research Fellow at
the Center for Russian Studies of the East China Normal
University, Shanghai, China.
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