EU studies increasingly recognise the salience of new regional insights. This collection provides a broad overview of regionalism, together with detailed analyses on the construction, activities, and implications of established and emerging examples of formal political and economic organizations as well as informal regional entities and networks.
'This insightful collection brings new perspectives and insights from a rich selection of non-mainstream cases. It ensures that future debates will be pluralistic, challenging and dynamic. A very welcome addition to the field.' Alex Warleigh-Lack, University of Surrey, UK and UNU-CRIS, Bruges, Belgium 'This book uncovers new dimensions of regionalism, its formal as well as informal nature, state and non-state processes as well as emerging regional entities. Because it is a detailed exploration of how regions are central to our understanding of world politics, it will be of interest to all those engaged in global governance debates.' Diana Tussie, Latin American Trade Network and Latin American School of Social Sciences, Argentine campus 'The variety of the regions covered in this volume together with the interdisciplinarity of the different contributions makes this research companion a particularly welcome addition to the literature on regionalism. The innovative approaches to both formal and informal region-building as well as overlooked aspects of regionalism will be of great interest to anyone interested in this field of study.' Emmanuel Fanta, United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS), Bruges and Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium '...unique, rich and ground breaking in its comprehensive global coverage of varieties of "new" and "old" regionalisms from diverse analytical perspectives that move the analysis to a higher level of interrogation of both formal and informal processes of regionalization. This Companion is a major contribution to theory building, and an excellent data bank, for those seeking nuanced, regionally contextualized analysis of the dynamics in both ''old" and "new" regionalisation projects.' Maria Nzomo, Institute of Diplomacy & International Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya 'This edited volume neatly fits within the current focus on new regionalism by emphasising the ne
