The New Regionalism Revisited

‘Greatly exaggerated’: the death of EU studies–new regionalism dialogue? A reply to Jørgensen and Valbjørn

“…Rather, we argue that polityhood can be an outcome of regional integration, as per Björn Hettne's well-known typology (Hettne 2003). …”

“…Second, the governance turn in EU studies reflects and is related to a broader shift in the way that politics happens under the conditions of both neoliberalism and globalization; in other words, the very fact that states and civil society actors have turned to regional structures and processes in recent years is part of the shift, or transformation, from 'government' to 'governance' (Blatter, 2003;Hettne 2003;Hettne and Söderbaum 2008). We will not labour this point because it is now such a feature of so much of the governance literature.…”

Comparison of regional planning strategies: Countywide general plans in USA and territorial plans in Spain

“…It was a process of state-led region building to promote cooperation among states (Hettne, 2003). Since the 1980s, under the impact of globalization and neo-liberalism, and pursuing of sustainable development, scholars have regained more and more interests in regionalism (Wallis, 2002).…”

Afro-Regions: The dynamics of cross-border micro-regionalism in Africa

“…This is by no means a homogeneous school of thought, but refers to a diverse group of relatively like-minded scholars who share important common denominators and interact in overlapping networks of research. Its origins can be traced to the The New Regionalism research project led by Björn Hettne and sponsored by the United Nations University/World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER) (Hettne and Inotai 1994;Hettne et al 1999Hettne et al , 2000aHettne et al , 2000bHettne et al , 2000cHettne et al and 2001, and then developed by a network of new regionalism scholars (see Hettne andSöderbaum 1998 andMittelman 2000;Schulz et al 2001;Söderbaum and Shaw 2003). Subsequently, some scholars have made a call for a "new regionalisms" approach (Bøås et al 1999;Shaw 2000).…”