Schirm, Stefan A.,  1963- <br/><br/>
Globalization and the new regionalism :  global markets, domestic politics, and regional cooperation / 
Stefan A. Schirm. 
 - Cambridge, UK ;  Malden, MA :  Polity Press :  Blackwell Publishers,  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) 0745629709 (pb) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>International economic relations.<br/>International economic integration.<br/>Globalization.