Week 5 Flashcards
(21 cards)
Regionalization
Process of economic integration, driven by the market rather than by governments
Regionalism
State-led projects of cooperation and coordination, built through intergovernmental dialogues, treaties and institutions
Old regionalism
Regional integration “beyond the nation state” in Europe, advancing development and nation building in the developing world
New regionalism
- Increasing diversity in the content of cooperation (social, cultural, political, justice, security, migration)
- Proliferation of RO’s amid growth of interdependence, globalization and transnationalism, but also amid fears over multilateral trading order.
Defining characteristics new regionalism
- Deeper economic integration plus political elements
- Multilevel governance
- Strong international legal framework
- Cooperation across many frameworks
Different regions and aims
- Asia’s regionalism: has yet to embrace the doctrine of humanitarian intervention in the way Africa’s has done, even at a declaratory level.
- Latin American regionalism: has developed a much greater interest, normatively and institutionally, in defining democracy than other non-Western regions.
- Asia is moving faster in organizing regional financial stability mechanisms than Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.
Why RO’s are a facade for Great Power politics
Some large states seem to use RO’s to gain legitimacy or build support for preferred politics.
Why RO’s are NOT a facade for Great Power politics
RO’s offer smaller states a voice
The European Union
Political and economic union with an internal market, standardized laws, free movement of peoples, goods, services and capital.
Post-Soviet RO’s
- The Commonwealth of Independent States
- The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)
- Collective Security Treaty (CSTO)
The study of regionalism: constructivism
Brought ideational and normative elements into the study of regionalism and
introduced the notion of socialization.
Neofunctionalism in regionalism
TNCs, interest groups and supranational actors empowered by integration and shape it in their interest; ‘Spillovers’ push integration beyond intergovernmental bargain.
Intergovernmentalism in regionalism
Governments are the key actors, use integration to achieve economic and security goals in the context of interdependence; outcomes reflect regional preference and power constellation.
Post-functionalism
focuses on backlash mechanism of integration from economic and cultural ‘losers’.
Comparative regionalism
- Focus more on cooperation rather than integration
- Greater allowances made for norms, culture and identity
- Non-state actors afforded more prominence
- Regionalism is no longer the monopoly of states but also encompasses interactions among non-state actors and between state and non-state actors within a given area.
Global governance
the sum of the informal and formal ideas, values, norms, procedures and institutions that help all actors identify, understand and address trans-boundary problems.G
Globalization
the widening, deepening and acceleration of worldwide connectivity or interconnectedness.
RG and GG: links and explanations
-Irrelevance (expansion GG might limit RG)
- Conflict (RG as a challenge to GG)
- Cooperation
- Harmonic relations (RG as a component of GG)
How do Weiss and Wilkinson define “global governance”?
The sum of informal/formal ideas, values, norms, procedures, and institutions that help states, IGOs, NGOs, and other actors address trans-boundary problems.
Why is “global governance” analytically slippery?
Overused and lacks conceptual rigor; often reduced to a synonym for international organizations or world government.
What four areas should a rigorous study of global governance explore?
- Historical context
- Structure of authority
- Power dynamics
- Drivers of change
