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The European Union and Europe's New Regionalism

The Challenge of Enlargement, Neighborhood, and Globalization

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  1. Boyka M. Stefanova

    1. Department of Political Science and Geography, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, USA

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  • Introduces a significant new dimension to the existing literature on regionalism by incorporating a multidimensional treatment of regionalism in a dynamic perspective

  • Explores the impact of emerging new forms of inter- and cross-regional cooperation on European regionalism

  • Advances a new approach to studying the EU’s regional and global relevance beyond actor-based constructs

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • Boyka M. Stefanova
    Pages 1-27

  3. Europe’s Conceptualization as a Region: Post-Cold War Dynamics

    • Boyka M. Stefanova
    Pages 29-77

  4. The Political Sustainability of the Progressive Enlargement Model of European Regionalism: The EU’s Eastern Enlargement

    • Boyka M. Stefanova
    Pages 79-114

  5. The Geopolitics of European Regionalism: Competing European/Eurasian Perspectives

    • Boyka M. Stefanova
    Pages 115-158

  6. The Deterritorialization of European Regionalism: Global Perspectives

    • Boyka M. Stefanova
    Pages 159-201

  7. No Cheers for European Regionalism: EU-Centered Regionalism as a Driver for Global Governance

    • Boyka M. Stefanova
    Pages 203-220

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 221-225
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About this book

This book presents a new approach to studying the European Union’s regional and global relevance. It recasts into a dynamic perspective the three most significant systemic processes that define the EU as a regionalist project: its enlargement, neighborhood, and mega-regional policies. The book argues that these processes collectively demonstrate a dynamic shift of the core tenets of European regionalism from an inward-looking process of region building to an open, selective system of global interactions.

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“Using a multifaceted definition of regionalism, Professor Stefanova provides an illuminating presentation of the European Union’s role in the world, its impact, and lingering challenges facing the Union. Looking at the EU’s global interactions by examining its neighborhood policy, territorial expansion, and participation in global governance, and including issues from trade to aid, the reader is provided a broad and deep explanation of the EU’s external role.” (L. Johan Eliasson, Professor, East Stroudsburg University, USA and author of America’s Perceptions of Europe)

“This book provides a refreshing conversation about the evolving EU-style regionalism, particularly in a time when some national strategies question the viability of region-oriented policies. Based on the dimensions of enlargement, neighborhood, and global interactions, this new scholarly contribution by Professor Stefanova develops the concept of the ‘deterritorialization’ of EU regionalism and explains the challenges to the sustainability of the enlargement process, the order-creation effects of the EU model, and classical regionalism.” (Roberto Domínguez, Professor of International Relations, Suffolk University, USA)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Political Science and Geography, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, USA

    Boyka M. Stefanova

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Boyka M. Stefanova is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Geography at the University of Texas at San Antonio, USA.

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