A comprehensive look at regional integration in Europe, Africa, Asia and South America. The first comparative analysis of the challenges and prospects faced by regional integration, against the backdrop of a new global order influenced by emerging powers.

1. Introduction: Regionalism in a changing world Lorenzo Fioramonti Theoretical Perspectives 2. Comparative Regionalism: A Field Whose Time has Come? 3. Why We Need to 'Unpack' Regions to Compare Them More Effectively Europe at the Crossroads: Economic and Judicial Integration 4. Sovereign Debt Crisis in Euroland: Root Causes and Implications for European Integration 5. New Legal Instruments in a Changing World: Legal, Political and Cultural Developments in EU Judicial Cooperation 6. Africa's Emancipation: Emerging Dynamics and Developments Breaking Free from Europe: Why Africa Needs Another Model of Regional Integration 7. Legal Harmonisation in Africa: Taking Stock and Moving Forward Regionalism Around the World: Expectations and Realities 8. Regionalism in Asia as Disguised Multilateralism: A Critical Analysis of the East Asia Summit and the Trans-Pacific Partnership 9. Has Regionalism Peaked? The Latin American Quagmire and its Lessons 10. A Changing Mediterranean: Regional Organisations and North Africa during the Arab Spring Conclusion 11. Building Regions from Below: Has the Time Come for Regionalism 2.0? Lorenzo Fioramonti