This volume presents various national perspectives on the process of regionalization for a more concrete understanding of its dynamics. It is dedicated to country studies from the South and explores to what extent the New Regionalism can provide solutions to the challenges of globalization faced by the region. This is the third volume in the New Regionalism Series.

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
Notes on the Contributors
Foreword by Giovanni Andrea Cornia
Prologue
Editors Preface
Introduction
To Be or Not To Be? Regionalization in East and Southeast Asia; J.Öjendal
China's Options in Asia Pacific Regionalization; Z.Tiejun
The East Asian Economic Caucus: Regionalism Denied; S.Leong
India in SAARC: Reluctant Policy-maker; S.D.Muni
Chile: The Search for Open Regionalism; A.van Klaveren
Globalization vs Regionalism: A Brazilian Point of View; M.M.Moreira
Uruguayan Foreign Policies in the Nineties: Continuities and Changes with a View to Recent Regionalisms; L.Bizzozero
Regionalist Responses in the Caribbean Basin; J.Grugel & A.J.Payne
Regional Integration - Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Entity: On Whose Terms?; H.Lindholm-Schulz & M.Schulz
The Southern Africa Region and the Regional Hegemon; B.Odén
Building a New Relationship in Southern Africa: The Challenge Facing South Africa's Government of National Unity; R.Davies
Hegemon, Region and Nation State - The Case of Mozambique; H.Abrahamsson
Contents of Volumes 1 - 5
Index

BJÖRN HETTNE is Professor at the Department of Peace and Development, Göteborg University. He is the author of a number of books and articles on development theory, international political economy, European integration and ethnic relations.

ANDRAS INOTAI is Director-General of the Institute for World Economics, Budapest. Since February 1996 he has been Head of the Task force for Hungary's EU-integration Strategy; he was also a Staff Member of the World Bank, Washington, DC (1989-1991).

OSVALDO SUNKEL is Professor of Economics and Business Administration, and Director of the Center for Public Policy Analysis at the University of Chile. He is also special adviser to ECLAC.