Regionalism Among Developing Countries

In the last decade, regionalism appears to have emerged as a major new force in the world. This book puts it in its historical context. Regions have emerged before; few are old because they either evolve into federal systems or break up. The current regions are less dominant than their critics fear, but imply more integration than a simple view that they are about liberalizing trade. All go beyond trade to other linkages, and all enduring ones have political as well as economic agendas.