Présentation de l'éditeur

This book provides an alternative approach to regionalism in neglected parts of the world. Taking stock of several decades of conceptualization, the author provides a political sociology approach of regionalisms fed by recent contributions from the sociology of international relations and public policy analysis. It uses a methodological rather than theoretical framework to bring a new perspective on an emerging field of comparative regionalism. The relational dimensions, the social contexts and characteristics of actors and their practices are key to shed a new light on what is considered in this book as a ‘social international phenomenon’.

Focus on empirical perspectives in its study of regionalism
Employs an actor-centered and political sociology approach
Uses a transversal approach to regional studies

Sommaire

• Introduction: Comparative Regionalism, Why Bother (Again?)
• Comparative Regionalism: Tracing the Field’s Consolidation
• A Political Sociology to Compare Regionalisms: The Intellectual Legacy
• A Political Sociology to Compare Regionalisms: The Analytical Framework
• A Political Sociology to Compare Regionalisms: A Methodological Approximation
• Conclusion