National Perspectives on the New Regionalism in the Third World

HANS ABRAHAMSSON Research Fellow, Department of Peace and Development Research, Goteborg University, Sweden LINCOLN BIZZOZERO Coordinator, Program of International Policies and Relations of the Multidisciplinary Unit, University of the Republic, Montevideo ROBERT DAVIES ANC Member of the South African National Assembly JEAN GRUGEL Lecturer in Politics ALBERTO VAN KLAVEREN Director for Policy Planning, Chilean Ministry for Foreign Affairs STEPHEN LEONG Senior Fellow and Assistant Director General, Institute of Strategic and International Studies HELENA LINDHOLM SCHULZ Research and Lecturer, Department of Peace and Development Research, Goteborg University MARCILIO MARQUES MOREIRA Senior International Advisor to Merrill Lynch, and Chairman of International Studies, State University of Rio de Janeiro S.D. MUNI Appadorai Chair in International Politics, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi BERTIL ODAeN Senior Researcher, Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden ANTHONY PAYNE Professor of Politics, University of Sheffield, England MICHAEL SCHULZ Researcher and Lecturer, Department of Peace and Development Research, Goteborg University TIEJUN ZHANG Lecturer, University of Hangzhou, Department of Trade and Economic Relations JAOKIM A-JENDAL Research Fellow at PADRIGU, Gothenburg University, Sweden

This book 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 the South and explores to what extent the new regionalism can provide solutions to the challenges of globalization faced by the South.This book 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 the South and explores to what extent the new regionalism can provide solutions to the challenges of globalization faced by the South. This is the third volume in The New Regionalism Series .