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The New International Relations of Sub-Regionalism - Asia and Europe (Hardcover)
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The New International Relations of Sub-Regionalism - Asia and Europe (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies on Asia in the World
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In the context of the end of the Cold War and the spread of
globalism, sub-regions are attracting attention as new social units
of international society never before observed. In the "second
wave" of regionalism that became active in the 1980s, a new
regionalism, which differed qualitatively from the old regionalism,
expanded globally. This "new regionalism" is characterized by
multi-dimensionality, complexity, fluidity, and non-conformity, and
within it we cannot overlook the fact that spaces on a new scale,
such as sub-regions, are being formed in various parts of the
world. The sovereign state system that has continued unbroken since
the Westphalia Treaty is being transformed, and within this
context, the increase in the number of sub-regions as new social
units adds to the sense that we have arrived at a post-Westphalian
international order. This book focuses on sub-region as a new
social unit of international society. It is based on the findings
obtained through meticulous fieldwork and joint studies conducted
over the past 10 years by about 20 researchers, primarily from
Japanese universities and Chiang Mai University, Thailand. The
sub-regions described here are mostly international cross-border
spaces or units in the interior of a certain region, which include:
multiple states, states and parts of states, or more than two parts
of states (often referred to as micro-regions). Such sub-regions
have been formed in various parts of the world since the end of the
Cold War. However, studies on sub-regions remain unexplored in the
existing studies of regionalism. The few studies that do exist
mainly focus on the economic aspects of sub-regions. In contrast,
this book will specifically examine the sub-regions in Asia
(especially the Mekong region and Europe) as main cases from a
political science and international relations perspective, aiming
to establish a new/alternative international relations by carving
out a political angle of sub-region as a new social unit of
international society and attempting to shift the paradigm of
conventional international relations. To understand the political
dimension of a sub-region, this book will mainly focus on three
aspects: sub-regions and state strategies, bottom-up dimension of
sub-regions, and sub-regions and borders.
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