"Three trends have dominated the political economy of integration during the last two decades: globalization, economic nationalism, and regionalization. This book explores comparative regional integration, focusing on both intra-regional integration and relations among regions in the context of...

From the welfare state's origins in Europe, the idea of human welfare being organized through a civilized, institutionalized and uncorrupt state has caught the imagination of social activists and policy-makers around the world. This is particularly influential where rapid social development is...

Erstmals werden die globalen Veränderungen in der Weltwirtschaft analysiert, die durch Chinas geopolitisches Agieren zu erwarten sind und die sich als Gegenpol zum angelsächsischen Isolationismus abzeichnen. Das Reich der Mitte steht wie Deutschland in der US-amerikanischen Kritik zu hoher...

Introduction -- Thesis detailed -- Transparency -- Concepts -- Goals and outcomes -- Membership -- More members? -- Logic -- Traditional agricultural market access -- Traditional industrial market access -- Non-traditional market access -- Exposing the forgotten chapter -- Copyright battles --...