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From the award-winning team behind the International Encyclopaedia of Political Science... Moving beyond mainstream “traditional” approaches to bring you a new advanced-level introduction to political science. A perfect introduction for postgraduates who are new to political science, as well as upper-level undergraduates looking to broaden and deepen their understanding of core topics, this progressive account: • Guides you through all key areas of political science: origins, methodological foundations, key topics, and current issues • Takes an international and pluralist perspective with all issues explored in a comparative way related to different cultural and historical contexts • Includes pulled-out descriptions of major concepts, further reading and self-assessment questions at the end of each chapter.
Regionalism and Beyond
Regionalism and Beyond
Key terms
- Functionalism
- Geopolitics
- Hegemony
- Integration
Introduction
The concept of region traditionally described an intermediate level between national and local authorities. On this basis, regionalism was considered as a way of giving new prerogatives and functions to sub-national regions. But, after 1945, regionalism got a more complex meaning. Regions were no more exclusively considered as sub-national units, but also as supra-national structures bringing together neighbouring states. Actors and observers now distinguish macro-regions, which refer to international relations, and micro-regions, which relate to domestic contexts (Acharya and Johnston, 2007; Soderbaum, 2011; Soderbaum and Shaw, 2003). From an institutional point of view, this major innovation was the first blow at the sovereignty principle and the traditional international order. States were no longer considered as ‘billiard balls’, since ...
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