Comperative Regionalism

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• Weiffen, B., Wehner, L., & Nolte, D. 2013: Overlapping regional security institutions in South America: The case of OAS and UNASUR. International Area Studies Review, 16(4), 370-389.

After the end of the Cold War, students of International Relations observed an expansion of interstate activities at the regional level. Regional and sub-regional groupings appeared to gain momentum as the way in which countries cooperate. The surge and resurgence of regionalism has triggered the proliferation of concepts and approaches. The focus of this Seminar will be on processes and structures of stateled regionalism driven by the delegation of policies and political authority to regional institutions. Based on this understanding of regionalism, we will focus on two general questions. First, what are the drivers of regionalism? Why do some governments choose to delegate policies and political authority while others do not? Second, what are the outcomes and effects of regionalism? How can we describe and compare the results of the delegation of policies and political authority? After theoretical discussions, we will analyze examples of regional organizations in comparison, e.g. EU, Mercosur.