Debunking Interregionalism: Concepts, Type and Critique - with a Transatlantic Focus

Gardini GL, Malamud A (2016)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Other publication type

Publication year: 2016

Publisher: EU open access policy, online

Series: FP7 Atlantic Future

Journal Issue: 38

Abstract

Interregionalism means region-to-region relations. Its relevance lies on two assumptions: that regionalism is a significant mechanism of governance and that regions are outward looking. The fact that both assumptions are contested confers the concept of interregionalism a structural fuzziness. In this chapter we seek to grasp the phenomenon by following a sequential path: we first deal with definitions, types and theory, only then to look into the empirical evidence in search of correspondence between names and facts. By looking into transatlantic interregionalism, we find it as a large umbrella that brings together very diverse groupings of countries under a same, moderately inconsequential, working mechanism: summitry.

Authors with CRIS profile

Gian Luca Gardini Lehrstuhl für International Business, Society and Sustainability

Involved external institutions

University of Lisbon / Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa) PT Portugal (PT)

How to cite

APA:

Gardini, G.L., & Malamud, A. (2016). Debunking Interregionalism: Concepts, Type and Critique - with a Transatlantic Focus. EU open access policy, online.

MLA:

Gardini, Gian Luca, and Andrés Malamud. Debunking Interregionalism: Concepts, Type and Critique - with a Transatlantic Focus. EU open access policy, online, 2016.

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