...) Membership rules could change to reinforce regional integration. (Chapter 4) Asian regional institutions have played a positive role in the socialization of states, even in the absence of more formal and binding institutions. (Chapter 9) If political rivalries, rather than economic integration, have driven...

...Regional economic integration combines deregulation and re-regulation. The removal of trade barriers can be achieved by bilateral or multilateral agreements. However, the adoption of common rules requires agenda-setting and enforcement by supranational institutions. The lesson from the European...

.... Structural characteristics shape the configuration of regional institutions in Asia and elsewhere. Feedback effects, distinctive links between security and economic integration, and differing weights assigned to regional, global, and sub-regional institutions mark the trajectories of regional institutions...

... to poverty and poor communications. It thus provides a test case of the limits and effectiveness of nation-building and state-building, and of economic integration into national and international economies during these years. The inhabitants of Goiás successfully struggled to develop an interprovincial...