Intersecting Interregionalism

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction: Intersecting Interregionalism

   • Francis Baert, Tiziana Scaramagli, Fredrik Söderbaum

   Pages 1-12

3. Theorising Interregionalism

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. Interregionalism and International Relations: Reanimating an Obsolescent Research Agenda?

      • Jürgen Rüland

      Pages 15-35

   3. Interregionalism and the European Union: Conceptualising Group-to-Group Relations

      • Mathew Doidge

      Pages 37-54

   4. Regional Actorship: A Comparative Approach to Interregionalism

      • Björn Hettne

      Pages 55-70

   5. Interregionalism: A Security Studies Perspective

      • Ruth Hanau Santini, Sonia Lucarelli, Marco Pinfari

      Pages 71-88

4. Regional Actors and Strategies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89

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   2. The European Union and the Contradictions of Complex Interregionalism

      • Alan Hardacre, Michael Smith

      Pages 91-106

   3. The Impact of the Iberian States on European Union–Latin American Interregionalism

      • Sebastian Santander

      Pages 107-127

   4. How Does the European Parliament Contribute to the Construction of the EU’s Interregional Dialogue?

      • Olivier Costa, Clarissa Dri

      Pages 129-150

   5. The Court of Justice of the European Union and Other Regional Courts

      • Stefaan Smis, Stephen Kingah

      Pages 151-168

   6. Conclusion

      • Francis Baert, Tiziana Scaramagli, Fredrik Söderbaum

      Pages 169-182

5. Back Matter

   Pages 183-196

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This book has two mutually reinforcing aims/parts. The first aim is to contribute to a more productive debate between different theoretical standpoints. There is surprisingly little theoretical and conceptual debate in this burgeoning field, which is one major reason for the failure to fully grasp the diversity of today’s interregionalism. Too often theorists speak past each other, without really engaging with alternative theoretical perspectives or competing research results. Indeed, this book constitutes the first systematic attempt to bring together leading theories and theorists of interregionalism. Leading scholars from around the world develop their own distinctive theoretical perspectives on interregionalism, with a particular emphasis on the dynamic relationship between regionalism and interregionalism. These highly acclaimed theorists have all been associated over the years with a variety of disciplines, institutions, schools and debates and so bring a rich set of insights andconnections to this pioneering project. The second part of the book ‘unpacks’ and problematises the region, the driving actors and institutions that are engaged in interregional relations. There is a strong tendency in the field to treat regions as coherent units actors in an interregional relationship, and such simplified notions about ‘regions’ and ‘regional organisations’ necessarily result in superficial and misleading understandings of interregionalism. This part of the book connects the theoretical discussion in the first part with a manageable empirical object.

• Changing nature of world politics
• Conceptualisation of Interregionalism in the EU
• Current Regionalism and Interregionalism in East Asia
• Current Regionalism and Interregionalism in Latin America
• European Studies Perspectives
• Hybrid Interregionalism
• International Relations Theory
• Interregionalism and International Relations
• Multilateral Security Governance
• Pure interregionalism
• Regional Actorship
• Regional Organisation
• Regionalism in the European Union
• Research on Interregionalism
• Security Studies in the European Studies
• Study of Interregionalism
• Triadic Europe–Asia Relations
• landscape/regional and urban planning

• UNU-CRIS, Bruges, Belgium

  Francis Baert

• United Nations University, Paris, France

  Tiziana Scaramagli

• University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

  Fredrik Söderbaum

Francis Baert is Researcher at the United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU–CRIS) in Bruges, and the Centre for European Studies (CEUS) of Ghent University.

Tiziana Scaramagli is Liaison Officer of the United Nations University at UNESCO and PhD Candidate at the King’s College London.

Fredrik Söderbaum (Editor) is Associate Professor in Peace and Development Research in the School of Global Studies and the Centre of Globalization and Development, the University of Gothenburg. He is also Associate Senior Research Fellow at the United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU–CRIS) in Bruges.

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