A Political Sociology of Regionalisms: Perspectives for a Comparison

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This book provides an alternative approach to regionalism in neglected parts of the world. Taking stock of several decades of conceptualization, the author provides a political sociology approach of regionalisms fed by recent contributions from the sociology of international relations and public policy analysis. It uses a methodological rather than theoretical framework to bring a new perspective on an emerging field of comparative regionalism. The relational dimensions, the social contexts and characteristics of actors and their practices are key to shed a new light on what is considered in this book as a ‘social international phenomenon’. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Introduction: Comparative Regionalism, Why Bother (Again?) (Kevin Parthenay)....Pages 1-16 Comparative Regionalism: Tracing the Field’s Consolidation (Kevin Parthenay)....Pages 17-37 A Political Sociology to Compare Regionalisms: The Intellectual Legacy (Kevin Parthenay)....Pages 39-57 A Political Sociology to Compare Regionalisms: The Analytical Framework (Kevin Parthenay)....Pages 59-79 A Political Sociology to Compare Regionalisms: A Methodological Approximation (Kevin Parthenay)....Pages 81-102 Conclusion (Kevin Parthenay)....Pages 103-108 Back Matter ....Pages 109-111