TY - BOOK AU - Thomas, Kenneth P., ed. AU - Tetreault, Mary Ann, ed. TI - Racing to regionalize: democracy, capitalism, and regional political economy SN - 9781555875824 U1 - 337.1 PY - 1999/// CY - Boulder PB - Lyune Rienner Publishers KW - Regionalism--Economic aspects KW - Trade blocs KW - Capitalism KW - International economic integration N1 - Theories of integration in a new context: the Gulf Cooperation Council / Fred H. Lawson -- Assessing the "new" integration: the Mercosur Trade Agreement / Barbara Jenkins -- Foreign direct investment in the context of regionalism: the case of APEC / Davis B. Bobrow and Robert T. Kudrle -- Who got what and why: constructing North American free trade / William P. Avery and H. Richard Friman -- Trade liberalization and environmental regulations: regional interests and ideas in Europe and North America / Erik Beukel -- Citizenship policy in a global framework: the case of the European Union / Antje Wiener -- Democracy, human rights, and the transformation of civil society: the case of the new North America / Laura Macdonald -- Regional integration and critique: raising the possibility of counterhegemony / Teresa Healy -- The Middle East: eternally out of step with history? / Paul Aarts -- On the politico-economic condition for maintaining accountability and sovereignty in the era of globalization / Hartmut Elsenhans ER -