Across the EU Studies-New Regionalism Frontier: an Invitation to Dialogue

TY - JOUR

T1 - Across the EU Studies-New Regionalism Frontier

T2 - an Invitation to Dialogue

AU - Rosamond, Ben

AU - Warleigh-Lack, Alex

PY - 2010/9

Y1 - 2010/9

N2 - This article notes a lack of communication between two broad schools of scholarship on regional integration: EU studies and analyses of the ‘new regionalism’. It is argued that the existence of this divide, which is perpetrated by proponents of both schools, is an impediment to the elaboration of useful theory as well as being a missed opportunity. The benefits and problems of using the EU as a comparator in studies of regionalism are assessed. While the mistake of giving the EU analytical primacy as a benchmark or model is to be avoided, it is argued that careful treatment of accumulated insights from EU studies (including a proper re-inspection of classical integration theory) brings clear methodological and meta-theoretical benefits for the project of comparative regional integration scholarship

AB - This article notes a lack of communication between two broad schools of scholarship on regional integration: EU studies and analyses of the ‘new regionalism’. It is argued that the existence of this divide, which is perpetrated by proponents of both schools, is an impediment to the elaboration of useful theory as well as being a missed opportunity. The benefits and problems of using the EU as a comparator in studies of regionalism are assessed. While the mistake of giving the EU analytical primacy as a benchmark or model is to be avoided, it is argued that careful treatment of accumulated insights from EU studies (including a proper re-inspection of classical integration theory) brings clear methodological and meta-theoretical benefits for the project of comparative regional integration scholarship

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0021-9886

VL - 48

SP - 993

EP - 1013

JO - Journal of Common Market Studies

JF - Journal of Common Market Studies

IS - 4

ER -