National Perspectives on the New Regionalism in the North

MANFRED BIENEFELD JA-RG BRECHTEFELD R. EDMAe DOMINGUEZ RICHARD FALK Professor of International Law, Princeton University PAL GASPAR HELGE HVEEM Professor of International Politics, University of Oslo KAISA LA HTEENMA KI Researcher, University of Turku SERGEI MEDVEDEV JAMES H. MITTELMAN Professor of International Relations, School of International Service, American University, Washington, DC MAGDOLNA SASS

Whereas the first volume dealt with the two processes of globalization and regionalization in more general terms, this volume presents various national perspectives on the process of regionalization in order to get a more concrete understanding of its dynamics.This is the second of five volumes reporting on the UNU/WIDER project on new regionalism. Whereas the first volume dealt with the two processes of globalization and regionalization in more general terms, this volume presents various national perspectives on the process of regionalization in order to get a more concrete understanding of its dynamics. It is dedicated to country studies from Europe and North America, divided between the two categories policy makers and policy takers.