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- Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 174 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Summary
- This book provides a comprehensive overview of the evolution and particularities of regional organizations across Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe since 1945.The authors analyze the membership dynamics and policy scopes of 76 organizations, and compare their opportunities and challenges in regional governance. They consider organizations' competencies in eleven different policy areas, including trade, security and environment, and trace patterns in their development. For those with interests in comparative regionalism, international relations, political science and international law, this is an essential companion to some of the world's most significant organizations.
- Uniform Title
- Comparing regional organizations (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Comparing regional organizations (Online)
- Subject
- Regionalism
- Note
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Mar 2021).
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- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Front Cover -- Comparing Regional Organizations: Global Dynamics and Regional Particularities -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of abbreviations -- Preface -- One Introduction -- A brief overview of the state of the art -- Major contributions -- Outline of the book -- Two Conceptual Framework and Measurement -- A typology of ROs -- The ROCO datasets -- Summary -- Three The Global Perspective -- The creation and dissolution of ROs -- Membership dynamics: how ROs grow over time -- Policy competencies: how ROs evolve over time -- Summary: global trajectories -- Four Regional Organizations in Africa -- Membership dynamics in African ROs -- Policy competencies in African ROs -- Summary: African particularities -- Five Regional Organizations in the Americas -- Membership dynamics in American ROs -- Policy competencies in American ROs -- Summary: American particularities -- Six Regional Organizations in Asia -- Membership dynamics in Asian ROs -- Policy competencies in Asian ROs -- Summary: Asian particularities -- Seven Regional Organizations in Europe -- Membership dynamics in European ROs -- Policy competencies in European ROs -- Summary: European particularities -- Eight Conclusion -- Discussion of findings and avenues for future research -- Notes -- References -- Appendix -- Index -- Back Cover.
- OCLC
- ssj0002560033
- Author
Panke, Diana.
- Title
Comparing regional organizations [electronic resource] : global dynamics and regional particularities / Diana Panke, Sören Stapel and Anna Starkmann.
- Imprint
Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2020.
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Stapel, Sören.
Starkmann, Anna.
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Print version: 9781529209471