The analysis shows that economic gain is not an immanent property of regional integration: it does not occur at all stages of the process and is neither its primary goal nor its driving force. Instead, regional integration aims to respond to the changing global order, i.e., help member ...
An early encounter with the analysis of the concept and conditions of economic order, as then developed in German-language literature, was decisive in my choice of career. The original interest was never lost and, in time, became the basis of many memorable discussions with Herbert Giersch, who...
aBetween the bookends of the Han dynasty’s integration of Roman architectural elements, and the Maoist adoption of Soviet neoclassicism and concrete apartment blocks, China has a long-standing tradition of appropriating alien architecture. Although familiarity with Western building forms informs China’s...
(ed.), AFTA in the Changing International Economy Menon, Jayant, Adjusting Towards AFTA: The Dynamics of Trade in ASEAN Bora, Bijit and Findlay, Christopher (eds), Regional Integration and the Asia-Pacific Lawrence, Robert Z., Regionalism, Multilateralism, and Deeper Integration...
In determining their modes of economic diplomacy, Japan is preoccupied with becoming a "normal country", the United States is seeking to maintain its hegemony, and the European Union is pursuing regional integration. Compared with smaller countries, however, Japan, the United States and the ...
policy advocacy by means of regional knowledge networks; (b) strengthening connectivity, and trade and transport facilitation; (c) promoting regional economic integration, regional cooperation for food and energy security, and disaster risk reduction; and (d) assisting the least developed countries in ...
An 'Integration Concept' refers to a variety of approaches such as transdisciplinarity, interdisciplinarity, and multidisciplinarity that involve combining knowledge from different disciplines to address complex societal issues. The strength of integration can vary from low to fully integrated, with transdi...
What are the main economic and political arguments for regional economic integration? Can someone suggest a new economic policy for India? Define the concepts of convergence and conditional convergence. What are the predictions of the SOLOW model with constant producti...
This paper attempts to trace the conceptual evolution of development pole theory in order to isolate some of the causes of theoretical confusion. It concludes with a plea for integration of both the sectoral and spatial aspects of polarization....
Building upon this, national and possible regional responses are weighed in turn. The existing revenge porn laws in the UK are measured for efficacy and impact, in contrast to the current data protection laws in Italy and the recent case of Tiziana Cantone. We then turn to the potential for...