Schirm, Stefan A.,  1963- <br/><br/>
Globalization and the new regionalism :  global markets, domestic politics, and regional cooperation / 
Stefan A. Schirm 
 - Cambridge, UK :  Polity Press  2002 
 - xii, 234 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [204]-228) and index 
<br/><br/>The weaknesses of regional integration theories -- The global markets approach in explaining cooperation -- Methodology and the empirical plausibility of the hypotheses -- Global financial markets -- Global production and foreign direct investment -- World trade -- Conclusion : crises, interests, and instruments -- Liberalization strategies in the single market project'1992' -- France -- Germany -- The United Kingdom -- The European level -- Liberalization strategies in the common market of the South -- Argentina -- Brazil -- Liberalization strategies in the North American Free Trade Agreement -- Mexico -- The United States -- Empirical results : preferences and the global markets approach -- Theoretical development of the global markets approach -- Implications for theories of regional integration and international relations. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0745629695 (hb)  RM356.40 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002-001670 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>International economic relations<br/>International economic integration<br/>Globalization