EU Studies and the ‘New Regionalism’: What can be Gained from Dialogue?

Söderbaum, Fredrik; Sbragia, Alberta M.

doi:10.1080/07036337.2010.518716

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“…2 For a dialogue between a comparative politics-nurtured EU scholar and a comparative regionalism scholar, see Söderbaum and Sbragia (2010). 3 For further discussion of this backlash and its consequences, see Warleigh-Lack and Rosamond (2010).…”

Section: Conclusion: Comparative Regionalism Differentiated Integramentioning

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Differentiated integration in the European Union: towards a comparative regionalism perspective

Warleigh‐Lack¹

2015

Journal of European Public Policy

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In this contribution I examine three regions outside Europe, all of which have used forms of differentiated integration as a means to solve otherwise intractable problems and/or export their policy preferences, ideals and bargains to key external actors. I argue that if we examine the European Union (EU) as one case of regional integration/regionalism among many, rather than a unique entity, we can develop a more nuanced view of differentiated integration in the EU which accepts it as an enduring, and possibly permanent, feature of the EU.

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Section: Conclusion: Comparative Regionalism Differentiated Integramentioning

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Differentiated integration in the European Union: towards a comparative regionalism perspective

Warleigh‐Lack¹

2015

Journal of European Public Policy

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“…The third vital step is to ensure strong research design (for various takes on what this may require, see Warleigh-Lack and Van Langenhove, 2010;Genna and de Lombaerde, 2010;Söderbaum and Sbragia, 2010). Each region is likely to have a different range of suitable comparators according to the issue at hand; indeed, in some cases, it may be that the most suitable comparator is not another region, but rather a nation-state or an international organisation.…”

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Research Methods in European Union Studies

Lynggaard

Manners

Löfgren

2015

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“…Believing that neoliberalism is an inescapable reality, reforms in this region have been analyzed as a distinct move away from earlier developmentalist initiatives toward a set of programs and policies focused explicitly on the promotion of an efficient and competitive market‐determined space (Mansfield and Milner 1997; Schulz et al. 2001; Van De Walle 2001; Söderbaum 2004; Söderbaum and Sbraigia 2010). This narrative of globalization‐induced state transformation, especially as it concerns regionalization, thus simplifies neoliberalism and positions the state as the primary actor determining reactions to economic change (Kaplan 2006).…”

Section: Conclusion and Reflections On Africa And Ipe/ir Researchmentioning

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Regional Integration and the Private Authority of Banks in West Africa1

Iheduru

2012

International Studies Review

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Iheduru, Okechukwu C. (2012) Regional Integration and the Private Authority of Banks in West Africa. International Studies Review, doi: 10.1111/j.1468‐2486.2012.01112.x A lacuna in the networked global economy and private regulatory authority literatures—hence the main theoretical contribution of this article—involves situations where regulatory authority is ceded or outsourced to nonstate business actors that, in addition to their commercial mission, espouse and actually integrate their profit motive with political and economic missions that can enhance or undermine regional integration effectiveness. Such identity‐based, dual‐mission regional business actors are more likely to promote regional economic integration than their foreign counterparts because these firms often define the region as the centerpiece of their investment decisions. The melding of their “region‐centricity” with the profit motive may suggest the capacity of states and nonstate actors to “tame” or “regionalize” globalization or even challenge the existing global order. The empirical evidence is drawn from an unlikely source, that is, cross‐border, dual‐mission regional banks in West Africa to whom governments and INGOs have ceded or “outsourced” critical central banking regulatory authority, empowering or enabling them to (i) act as regional development banks through public–private partnerships; (ii) create and regulate financial instruments as surrogate common currency and regional payments systems; and (iii) cross‐border supervision of regional bank subsidiaries and branches. Expanded private authority of regional banks is creating putative region‐wide norms of financial integration and behavioral changes among banks and other sectors and governments while amplifying the limits of private‐sector‐led financial integration. The study fills a gap in the comparative regionalism literature that continues to neglect, misidentify, or undervalue the African experience.

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EU Studies and the ‘New Regionalism’: What can be Gained from Dialogue?

Cited by 42 publications

References 31 publications

Differentiated integration in the European Union: towards a comparative regionalism perspective

Differentiated integration in the European Union: towards a comparative regionalism perspective

Research Methods in European Union Studies

Regional Integration and the Private Authority of Banks in West Africa1

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