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This book compares and contrasts the contemporary development experience of neighbouring, geographically similar countries with an analogous history of exploitation but by three different European colonizers.

After the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Canada, the US and Mexico redefined their public policies to facilitate the regionalization of transactions. However, institutional gaps remain in the cross-border governance of security aspects. This book examines these deficiencies, gathering interdisciplinary contributions from specialists working on continental issues within all three countries, and highlighting the transnational dimension of certain issues still managed under national-framed policies.

This completely revised and updated sequel to Globalization and Antiglobalization advances our understanding of the dynamics of neoliberal globalization and draws our attention towards efforts to construct ''another world'' beyond neoliberalism. To advance our understanding of these forces and associated processes, the collection brings together eleven specialists in the political economy of international relations and globalization to reflect on and analyze the diverse dimensions of the globalization process. Taking into account significant developments in the dynamics of globalization and antiglobalization over the past years, it includes a new introduction and a new conclusion as well as eight entirely new chapters contributed by authors as diverse and different in their perspectives as James Petras, Walden Bello, Norman Girvan, Paul Bowles, Terry Gibbs, Lisa Thompson and Teivo Teivainen. These dynamics are contextualized with essays on the Caribbean, Latin America, East Asia and Southern Africa. This is an invaluable volume for students, academics and activists concerned with creating a truly new world order.

What we call "North America" today is a human space that has been constructed over the centuries, perceived from time immemorial by its original inhabitants as a unified whole, and named Turtle Island. What is North America today? Is it more than the sum of its parts? Does it qualify as a distinct global region? Is it just a market or also something else? This book explores several neglected aspects of the key relationships between Canada, Mexico and the United States. Studies of societal relations in North America have typically been limited to trade, investment and intergovernmental relations. In contrast, the authors in this book address other vital issues which bind this global region together, including Indigenous peoples, security, migration, civil societies, democracy, identities and culture. Via a thorough examination of these issues, the historical, sociological, economic, and political aspects of regional linkages are highlighted. Rather than dealing with each country in isolation, each chapter in this collection considers North America as a single unit of analysis, therefore systematically addressing the regional dynamic as a whole, and engaging the country-specific differences in a truly comparative way. By providing the analytical tools needed, this important book makes sense of the different aspects of the complex societies of contemporary North America.

The nation states in the Black Sea area have initiated many co-operative policies but the area also sees numerous tensions between neighboring states. The conflict-co-operation paradox, along with ethnic fragmentation and shared culture, are two of the most salient features of the Black Sea Area. These paradoxes are not the only force in the evolution of the region though. There are also issues such as ethnic and national identity, the failure of democratization, energy and resources, as well as the influence of other powers such as Russia, the EU and the USA. The key questions asked by the authors in this book are: to what extent is there an emerging regionalism in the Black Sea area? Is the Black Sea a region? What are the common interests shared by the former USSR states, the three EU member states neighboring the Black Sea - Bulgaria, Greece and Romania, and a NATO country - Turkey? Are the fault-lines dividing them more pervasive than the incentives for cooperation? Can we speak of a shared identity? The first part of the book places the Black Sea problematique in a wider historical and spatial context. The authors then take a closer look at the region and examine further the structure of the Black Sea area. They offer a perspective on smaller actors with great ambitions, such as Azerbaijan and Romania, and go on to make a comparison between the emerging regionalism in the Black Sea area and regionalisms in other parts of the world.

A few years have passed since the Lisbon Treaty came into force but the question still remains of what the Lisbon Treaty has actually brought about. Was it just 'relatively insignificant' as some scholars have claimed, or was it 'something' more? This book sets out to look at this question and it does so by applying a classical division: polity, politics and policy.

Bringing together some of the world's leading thinkers and policy experts in the area of natural resource governance and management in Africa, this volume addresses the most critical policy issues affecting the continent's ability to manage and govern its precious resources.

Recent transformations in Latin America and the Caribbean are reviewed to depict and explain the new trends shaping regional blocs and cooperation in the Americas.

The Transnational Middle East posits that the development of regional dynamics, processes and circulations of all kinds, can be documented. In this regard, the approaches it develops ¿ `bottom-up¿ regionalisation, `globalisation from below¿ ¿ allow for a better understanding of the ways in which the Middle East is part of global transformations. Based on fieldwork in the Middle East, the book provides venues for further theoretical elaboration on globalisation and contemporary societies, as well as on processes of regionalisation. It draws on the emergence of genuine regional spaces of culture, art, economic activity, human circulation ¿ which supplement and do not contradict ¿ and other infra-national, national, or global social processes.

The wider region of the Eastern Mediterranean is in transition. This collective project by leading experts represents a unique combination of International Theory and International Politics analysis that deals exclusively with the wider Eastern Mediterranean. It scrutinizes in a multidimensional manner the current geostrategic and geopolitical conditions that include the latest domestic socio-political events, as well as the active involvement of the Great Powers in the region. This book should be of interest to academics, decision-makers and a general reading public focusing on a significant and influential region in flux.

A book that brings together comparative perspectives on: the strategies of state and non-state actors involved in the exploitation of sub-Saharan energy resources; the potential and pitfalls of new forms of cooperation on energy southwards of the Sahara; and the domestic opportunities and challenges of the present energy resource boom.

Examines eleven cases ranging from the lack of integration in the Arctic and the Middle East, to ongoing or progressing integration in Europe to uncover what 'blocks' regional integration, the results of which are used for developing new theoretical insights.

This responding volume has four interrelated topics. It explores the transformation taking place in/with regard to the financing of development in the Global South and the apparition of new players in the field.

Burron provides a critical analysis of Canadian and US democracy promotion in the Americas. He concentrates on Haiti, Peru, and Bolivia in particular but situates them within a larger analysis of Canadian and US foreign policy - bilateral and regional - in the areas of trade, investment, diplomacy, security and, for the United States, the war on drugs.

A few years have passed since the Lisbon Treaty came into force but the question still remains of what the Lisbon Treaty has actually brought about. This book sets out to look at this question and it does so by applying a classical division: polity, politics and policy.

China's rise has become the focus of global attention. This book offers a non-conventional analysis of the possible outcomes brought about by the transformation of China into a mover and shaper in the contemporary international system. It is suitable for students and researchers of development studies and international relations.

Establishing strategic partnerships is a key objective for the European Union. These partnerships provide frameworks for flexible and long-term cooperation with global and regional players. This book focuses on the EU's strategy toward China and India and explores ways of promoting a stronger and more versatile role for the EU in Asia.

Examines the prominent role of China in global politics and the relevance of the 'new regionalism' paradigm to China's international outreach. This title investigates the aspects of the Chinese practice of regionalization that set it apart, and demonstrates China's transformative potential in international life.

Helps readers understand the dynamics of globalization; the forces that drive it forward, as well as the dynamics of anti-globalization, particularly in its neoliberal form. This book reflects on, and analyzes from different theoretical perspectives, the diverse dimensions of the globalization process.

For decades North Africa and the Middle East have been areas of overlapping identities and integration processes. This volume asks the question to what extent these various identities and integration processes are compatible, or whether and to what extent they are in conflict.

Many developing countries have joined the rapidly growing global system of regional trade agreements (RTAs) over the past years. This volume looks at how 'getting governance right' is a central element for successful RTA implementation. It also provides eight important lessons for assessing monitoring around the world.

Offers theoretical models and approaches attuned to the dynamics and contradictions of a wide range of regionalist projects in the contemporary Middle East. This volume includes case studies of the important regional organizations in different policy fields. It provides overviews of the main actors, institutions and historical development.

Regionalism and globalisation have been prominent themes in academic and political debates. This study offers: different avenues in theorising regionalisation; a framework for analysis and comparison; and, a historical perspective and the explicit application.

Examines the inter-regional cooperation of the European Union with East Asia through the prism of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM). This volume provides an in-depth background to ASEM and frames Europe's political and economical expectations within the post-Cold war context.

Latin America is at a unique important juncture in its history. Neoliberal market-orientated policies are being called into question and growth has been volatile. In Latin America, there is no clear direction for change. This book presents an alternative development path for Latin America based on an East Asian model.

Analyses the poverty reduction effectiveness of certain aspects of the European Union's (EU) development policy and suggests ways in which to enhance its effectiveness. This book focuses on three aspects of EU development policy: trade, agriculture and food security, and modes of policy-making and implementation.

EU-Russian energy dialogue represents a policy issue that forces us to take a serious look at crucial questions related to Europe. This book not only outlines the overall characteristics of the energy dialogue, but also illustrates the involved policy implementation challenges by paying special attention to the regional context of northern Europe.