Sequencing Regionalism: Theory, European Practice, and Lessons for Asia

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Feedback mechanisms are the key to sequencing when it comes to regional integration; can mean that today’s policy or institution alters the political-economy landscape in a way that makes it politically optimal for future governments to take further steps toward integration—even when these steps are not politically optimal from today’s perspective. After outlining the theory, the paper uses feedback mechanisms to organize Europe’s postwar integration narrative, and then draws lessons for today’s integration of East Asia. The paper suggests that the spontaneous cooperation that created "Factory Asia" has not been codified. One starting point for Asian regional institutions would be to institutionalize the spontaneous cooperation that already exists on trade, services, and investment. New, creative thinking is needed on the sort of soft-law commitments and new modes of cooperation that would make this work with limited sovereignty pooling.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: ADB Working Paper Series on Regional Economic Integration ; No. 80

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; International Economic Order and Integration ; Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations ; Economic Integration
• Thema: sequencing regionalism ; lessons of European integration ; East Asian integration ; regionalism

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Baldwin, Richard E.
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Asian Development Bank (ADB)
• (wo): Manila
• (wann): 2011

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/109595
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ