Beyond regionalism? : regional cooperation, regionalism and regionalization in the Middle East/ edited by Cilja Harders, Matteo Legrenzi. - Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub. Company, c2008. - xii, 208 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Matteo Legrenzi, Cilja Harders: Introduction

1. Theorizing Regionalism and Regionalisation in the Middle East

Chapter 1: Fred Lawson
Comparing Regionalist Projects in the Middle East and Elsewhere: One Step Back, Two Steps Forward

Chapter 2: Cilja Harders
Analyzing Regional Cooperation after September 11, 2001: The Emergence of a New Regional Order in the Arab World

Chapter 3: Simone Ruiz, Valentin ZahrntRegional Ambition, Institutions, Social Capital¿¿Regional Cooperation and External Actors

Chapter 4: Monica Gariup
Regionalism and Regionalization: The State of the Art from a Neo-Realist Perspective

Chapter 5: Bezen Coskun
Regionalism and Securitization: The Case of the Middle East

2. Case Studies

Chapter 6: Matteo Legrenzi
Did the GCC make a difference? Institutional realities and (un)intended consequences

Chapter 7: Istiaq Ahmed
The Organization of the Islamic Conference: From Ceremonial Politics towards Politicization?

Chapter 8: David Romano, Lucy Brown
Regional Organizations, Regional Identities and Minorities: The Arabs and the Kurdish Question

Chapter 9: Ibrahim al-Marashi
Regional Organizations as Conflict Mediators? The Arab League and Iraq

Chapter 10: Anja Zorob
Intraregional Economic Integration: The Cases of GAFTA and MAFTA

Chapter 11: Sabine Hofmann
Regional Cooperation under Conflict: Israeli-Arab Business Cooperation in the Middle East

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Regionalism--Middle East.


Middle East--Foreign relations.

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