The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Regionalism-the first of its kind-offers a systematic
and wide-ranging survey of the scholarship on regionalism, regionalization, and regional …

This article analyses the EU's influence on regional institutional change in Mercosur and the
Southern African Development Community from a diffusion perspective. Focusing on market …

Abstract 'New Regionalism'(NR) approaches have emphasized the qualitative differences
between the more recent wave of regionalism and regional integration attempts in the post …

In the last 15 years, the link between identity and regional institutions has received
considerable academic attention, especially from EU scholars. Mostly, their focus has been …

Why do states adopt binding and enforceable democracy clauses at the regional level,
thereby permitting neighboring states to monitor and potentially sanction their breaches of …

Within Latin America, Chile is distinguished by its stable trade policies and rapid negotiation
of trade agreements with countries and regions all over the world. Explanations for these …

Why have many regional organizations adopted common markets and customs unions?
This article proposes a cognitive diffusion mechanism–termed frame diffusion–to explain …

The last two-three decades have seen a dramatic rise in South–South economic relations,
yet no book exists that systematically examines these changes in the global economy. Most …

This article explores the implications of transitions to democracy for the economic
policymaking process in developing countries. Democracy is supposed to give citizens …

East Asian countries have implemented around 60 free trade agreements (FTAs), mostly
bilateral, to become one of the most active sites of regionalism. The dominant analyses …