Globalisation, Domestic Politics and Regionalism

by Helen E.S. Nesadurai

Overview

This book examines the relationship between globalisation and regionalism through a detailed analysis of the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) project. It analyses how the interaction between globalisation and domestic politics shaped the evolution of AFTA over the past 10 years, arguing that although AFTA was triggered primarily by the pressures of globalisation, it was a tussle between the imperatives of growth and domestic distribution that shaped the way economic cooperation unfolded and the forms it took.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415308007
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/12/2003
Series:	Routledge Studies in Globalisation
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Helen E.S. Nesadurai is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 Globalisation and economic regionalism; Chapter 2 The unfolding of a regional economic cooperation project; Chapter 3 Foreign capital and open regionalism; Chapter 4 Domestic capital and developmental regionalism; Chapter 5 Re-negotiating AFTA commitments; Chapter 6 Implementation as a political process; Conclusion;

Editorial Reviews

'A significant contribution to our understanding of the rapidly evolving global political economy.' - Richard Stubbs, Department of Political Science, McMaster Unicersity

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