“The EU has pioneered a new form of post-national government, in which nation-states pool some of their sovereignty for the common good. Many of its admirers see this as a useful potential model for Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, China-Taiwan, Latin America, parts of Africa and so on. The EU takes some issues, like human rights, global warming and the fostering of an international system of justice, with admirable seriousness … Considering the kind of Europe it replaced, the EU has been an almost miraculous success (Walker, 2007).”
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Manheim, F.T. (2009). Foreign Experience. In: The Conflict Over Environmental Regulation in the United States. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-75877-0_6
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