Crafting Cooperation: Regional International Institutions in Comparative Perspective

332 Pages·2007·2.23 MB·English

by  Amitav Acharya

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Crafting Cooperation
Regionalinstitutionsareanincreasinglyprominentfeatureofworldpol-
itics.Theircharacteristicsandperformancevarywidely:somearehighly
legalisticandbureaucratic,whileothersareinformalandflexible.They
also differ in terms of inclusiveness, decision-making rules, and com-
mitmenttothenon-interferenceprinciple.Thisisthefirstbooktooffer
aconceptualframeworkforcomparingthedesignandeffectivenessof
regionalinternationalinstitutions,includingtheEU,NATO,ASEAN,
the OAS, the AU and the Arab League. The case studies, by a group
ofleadingscholarsofregionalinstitutions,offerarigorous,historically
informedanalysisofthedifferencesandsimilaritiesininstitutionsacross
Europe,LatinAmerica,Asia,theMiddleEast,andAfrica.Thechap-
tersprovideamoretheoreticallyandempiricallydiverseanalysisofthe
designandefficacyofregionalinstitutionsthanheretoforeavailable.
  isProfessorofGlobalGovernanceandDirectorof
theGovernanceResearchCentreattheUniversityofBristol.
   istheLaineProfessorofChinainWorld
AffairsintheGovernmentDepartmentatHarvardUniversity.

Crafting Cooperation
Regional International Institutions in
Comparative Perspective
Editedby
Amitav Acharya
and
Alastair Iain Johnston
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Contents
Listoftables page vii
Notesonthecontributors viii
Acknowledgments xii
1 Comparingregionalinstitutions:anintroduction 1
     
2 Hangingtogether,institutionaldesign,andcooperation
inSoutheastAsia:AFTAandtheARF 32
     . . 
3 InternationalcooperationinLatinAmerica:thedesign
ofregionalinstitutionsbyslowaccretion 83
 . 
4 CraftingregionalcooperationinAfrica 129
 
5 Functionalform,identity-drivencooperation:
institutionaldesignsandeffectsinpost-ColdWarNATO 145
 
6 Designedtofailorfailureofdesign?Theoriginsand
legacyoftheArabLeague 180
    
7 Socialmechanismsandregionalcooperation:areEurope
andtheEUreallyallthatdifferent? 221
 . 
v
vi Contents
8 Conclusion:institutionalfeatures,cooperationeffects,
andtheagendaforfurtherresearchoncomparative
regionalism 244
     
Bibliography 279
Index 303
Tables
3.1 IntermediaryactivityinsouthandmiddleAmerican
regions page94
3.2 LatinAmericanregionalandsubregionalinstitutional
outcomes,1990–2006 120
5.1 ElementsofinstitutionaldesigninNATO 149
5.2 Policyconvergenceinpost-ColdWarNATO 167
8.1 Explanationsforinstitutionaldesign 248
8.2 Featuresofinstitutionaldesign 250
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Notes on contributors
AmitavAcharyaisProfessorofGlobalGovernanceandDirectorofthe
GovernanceResearchCentreattheUniversityofBristol.HewasPro-
fessorofInternationalRelationsattheRajaratnamSchoolofInterna-
tionalStudies,NanyangTechnologicalUniversity,Singapore.Among
his publications are The Quest for Identity: International Relations of
Southeast Asia (2000); Constructing a Security Community in Southeast
Asia (2001, 2003, 2007) and, as co-editor, Reassessing Security Coop-
erationinEastAsia(2007).HisarticlesonAsiansecurity,regionalism
(Asian and comparative), multilateralism, international security, and
international relations theory have appeared in International Organi-
zation, International Security, Journal of Peace Research, Pacific Affairs,
PacificReview,ThirdWorldQuarterly,AsianSurvey,andAustralianJour-
nalofInternationalAffairs,amongothers.ApastpresidentoftheAsian
PoliticalandInternationalStudiesAssociation(APISA),healsoserves
on the editorial boards of European Journal of International Relations,
PacificAffairs,PacificReview,andChineseJournalofInternationalRela-
tions.Hiscurrentworkisaboutnorms,power,andinstitutionalchange
inAsianregionalism,andtheprospectsfornon-Westerninternational
relationstheory(withBarryBuzan).
MichaelBarnettis the Harold Stassen Professor of International
Affairs at the Humphrey Institute and Professor of Political Science
at the University of Minnesota. Among his books are Dialogues in
Arab Politics: Negotiations in Regional Order (1998), and Eyewitness to
a Genocide: The United Nations and Rwanda (2002). His current work
isonhumanitarianismandworldorder.
JeffreyT.Checkelis Professor of Political Science at the University
of Oslo, and Research Associate, Centre for the Study of Civil War,
International Peace Research Institute, Oslo. His research and teach-
ing interests are international relations theory, European integration,
politicsintheformerUSSRandWestEurope,humanrights,andcivil
conflict. He is the author of Ideas and International Political Change:
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