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INAF-554 The Political Economy of Regional Integration

INAF-554 The Political Economy of Regional Integration
Fall only
Spindler, Manuela
Starting with the paradoxical features of “new regionalism” in a globalizing economy, the course is designed as an introduction into the politics of regional market integration.
Aspects to be covered are the theory and history of regional integration, the position regional integration takes within the global trading system (i.e. the GATT/WTO framework) as well as a in depth discussion of the arguments of the so called “stumbling block/stepping stone”-controversy.
We will investigate into regional spaces as structural features of a global political economy and regional integration as both a public and private actor-driven process.
There will be a special focus on the issue of change: what is “new” about “new regionalism” compared to the “old” and how can we understand “new regionalism” within the overall context of a changing international system?
A strong theoretical and conceptual approach in the first part will be complemented by case studies in the second (EU, MERCOSUR, NAFTA, ASEAN or APEC together with examples of the new phenomenon of inter-regionalism such as the Asia-Europe Meeting or the EU-MERCOSUR Interregional Framework Agreement; decision on specific case studies depending on students interests).
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
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