This scholarly and interdisciplinary volume sheds much needed light on the realtionship between national policies, regional integration patterns and the wider global setting. It covers regional patterns in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Individual chapters focus on topics ranging from industrial or financial policies to social welfare regimes, as well as broader assessments and comparisons of regional arrangements in a global context. The chapters point to the diversity of regional patterns in the world economy and the continuing importance of national regulatory structures, yet they also point to the common pressures of globalisation felt by all, especially in the domain of capital markets. With broad coverage and clear but sophisticated analysis this new book will be vital reading to all those seeking to clarify their understanding of the contemporary regional/global paradox.

Introduction, William D. Coleman, Geoffrey R.D. Underhill; Part 1 Regional economic integration in the global economy; Chapter 1 Regional economic co-operation, global markets and domestic politics, Helen Milner; Chapter 2 The international political economy of regionalism, Richard Higgott; Chapter 3 Asia-Pacific regionalism versus globalization, Richard Stubbs; Chapter 4 In the whirlwind of globalization and multilateralism, Diana Tussie; Part 2 Public policy, globalization and regionalism; Chapter 5 'Subversive liberalism', Martin Rhodes; Chapter 6 The social democratic predicament and global economic integration, Jonathon W. Moses; Chapter 7 Globalization, corporate identity and European Union technology policy, Andrew Wyatt-Walter; Chapter 8 Regional versus global discipline, Monika Sie Dhian Ho, Klaas Werkhorst; Chapter 9 Strapped to the mast, Kenneth Dyson, Kevin Featherstone, George Michalopoulos; Part 3 Supranational governance and regulation; Chapter 10 Regionalism, globalization, and 'professional society', Yves Dezalay; Chapter 11 Globalization, regionalism and the regulation of securities markets, William D. Coleman, Geoffrey R.D. Underhill;