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Crafting Cooperation (eBook, PDF)

Regional International Institutions in Comparative Perspective

Redaktion: Acharya, Amitav

Beschreibung

Regional institutions are an increasingly prominent feature of world politics. Their characteristics and performance vary widely: some are highly legalistic and bureaucratic, while others are informal and flexible. They also differ in terms of inclusiveness, decision-making rules and commitment to the non-interference principle. This is the first book to offer a conceptual framework for comparing the design and effectiveness of regional international institutions, including the EU, NATO, ASEAN, OAS, AU and the Arab League. The case studies, by a group of leading scholars of regional institutions, offer a rigorous, historically informed analysis of the differences and similarities in institutions across Europe, Latin America, Asia, Middle East and Africa. The chapters provide a more theoretically and empirically diverse analysis of the design and efficacy of regional institutions than heretofore available.

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Autor

Amitav Acharya is Professor of International Relations in the Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University, SIngapore.
Alastair Iain Johnston is the Laine Professor of China in World Affairs in the Government Department at Harvard University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511368332
• Artikelnr.: 38189434

Rezensionen

‘In this examination of how institutions resolve regional cooperation problems, a top-flight range of authors deploy serious area studies knowledge within a rich and carefully crafted analytical framework. The book should be of a great interest to both general IR scholars and to regional specialists. A winning combination.’ Andrew Hurrell, Director, Centre for International Studies, Oxford University