Regional economic institutions and conflict mitigation
Subtitle: design, implementation, and the promise of peace
By: Yoram Z. Haftel
Series: Michigan studies in international political economy
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780472118342; 9780472028443
Subjects: Interregionalism; International organizations; International relations; Regional economics; Peace; International economic integration
Description: In addition to the explicit goal of advancing mutual economic interests, regional economic organizations (REOs) are intended to foster regional cohesion and peace. Drawing on a data set detailing the institutional features of 25 REOs established during the 1980s and 1990s, complemented by a case study of ASEAN, Yoram Z. Haftel investigates the factors that affect REOs' ability to mitigate interstate military conflict. He finds fewer interstate conflicts among REO members who have developed high levels of economic integration and who cultivate regular interaction among member-states' representatives. Haftel concludes that, with an appropriate institutional design and fully implemented agreements, an REO can indeed play a role in mitigating interstate conflict and make a meaningful contribution to regional peace. - See more at: http://www.press.umich.edu/4314887/regional_economic_institutions_and_conflict_mitigation#sthash.xOM4ViVp.dpuf.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: how regional institutions promote peace; title: Theorizing institutional design and conflict; title: The landscape of regional economic organizations; title: The effect of regional institutionalization on violent conflict; title: Institutional design, violent conflict, and reversed causality; title: Regional economic organizations and conflict in Southeast Asia; title: Conclusion: regional organizations and orders into the twenty-first century.