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Crafting cooperation : regional international institutions in comparative perspective / edited by Amitav Acharya and Alastair Iain Johnston. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007. - xii, 318 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-302) and index.

Contents : Comparing regional institutions: an introduction -- Hanging together, institutional design and cooperation in Southeast Asia: AFTA and the ARF -- International cooperation in Latin America: the design of regional institutions by slow accretion -- Crafting regional cooperation in Africa -- Functional form, identity-driven cooperation: institutional designs and effects in post-Cold War NATO -- Designed to fail or failure of design? The origins and legacy of the Arab League -- Social mechanisms and regional cooperation: are Europe and the EU really all that different? -- Conclusion: Institutional features,cooperation effects, and the agenda for further research on comparative regionalism

ISBN: 9780521876032 (hardback) 0521876036 (hardback) 9780521699426 (pbk.) 0521699428 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2008271053

Subjects--Topical Terms:
International agencies.
Regionalism (International organization)
Intergovernmental cooperation.

LC Class. No.: JZ4850.C73