European and East Asian Regionalism
Embedded in the evolving comparative regionalism literature, this book offers a systematic analysis of the factors positively and negatively influencing regional institution-building.
The ruptures caused by the Eurozone crises, the coronavirus pandemic and by Brexit have renewed the interest in the impact of crises and critical junctures on regionalism here defined as regional institution-building. Drawing from critical juncture research and historical comparative analysis, this volume uses the cases of European and East Asian regional institution-building to systematically analyse institutional transformations during specific historical turning points and critical juncture moments. Wunderlichs research offers an in-depth analysis of the interrelated drivers, spoilers and dissolvers of regional institution-building processes in Europe and East Asia, and addresses key questions including: Under what conditions does regionalism take hold? What is influencing the initial institutional design choices? What is the impact of historical experiences and well-entrenched norms and ideas? What are the roles of regional leaders? How do external factors influence regional institution-building? What turns a crisis into a critical juncture and are such junctures threats or opportunities? What accounts for variations in institutional responses to crisis events across different regional settings?
This book will be a valuable resource for scholars of regionalism, region-building, regional governance and international relations of Europe and East Asia.
Jens-Uwe Wunderlich is Lecturer in International Relations at the School of Languages and Social Sciences at Aston University in Birmingham, UK. He holds degrees from the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg and the University of East Anglia in Norwich. His research focuses on comparative regionalism, European integration, East Asian regionalism, forms of postnational actorness and the impact of crises on regional institution-building. His most recent research has been published in the Journal of Common Market Studies and the Journal of European Integration.
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Names: Wunderlich, Jens-Uwe, 1971 author.
Title: European and East Asian regionalism : critical junctures and
historical turning points / Jens-Uwe Wunderlich.
Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020020030 (print) | LCCN 2020020031 (ebook) |
ISBN 9781472489548 (hardback) | ISBN 9781003096719 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: RegionalismEurope. | RegionalismEast Asia. |
Institution buildingEurope. | Institution buildingEast Asia. |
EuropePolitics and government1945 | East AsiaPolitics
and government1945
Classification: LCC JN34.5 .W86 2021 (print) | LCC JN34.5 (ebook) |
DDC 341.242dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020020030
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020020031
ISBN: 978-1-472-48954-8 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-003-09671-9 (ebk)
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