Compares the design and effectiveness of regional international institutions.
Regional institutions are an increasingly prominent feature of world politics. Their characteristics and performance vary widely: some are highly legalistic and bureaucratic, while others are informal and flexible. They also differ in terms of inclusiveness, decision-making rule…
Compares the design and effectiveness of regional international institutions.
"Dilip K. Das examines whether regionalism has a rightful place in a rapidly globalizing world economy. The role of RIAs in the global trading system is explored as well as their role in promoting economic development, their welfare implications and whether they adversely affect…
Dilip Das addresses one of the most important aspects of international trade, namely regional trade and regional integration agreements. He analyses the latest trends, evaluates the pattern and gauges the progress of regional integration in the global economy over the post-war a…
The interconnection between international organizations (IOs) membership and democratization has become a topic of intense debate. However, the main focus of the literature so far has been on IOs created by democratic states and comprised mostly of democracies, for examples the …
ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint
Regionalist parties matter. Over the past 40 years, they have played an ever-larger role in West European democracies. Because of their relevance and temporal persistence, their achievements have increasingly become visible not only in electoral arena, but also as regards holdin…