TY - BOOK AU - Acharya,Amitav AU - Johnston,Alastair I. TI - Crafting cooperation: regional international institutions in comparative perspective SN - 9780521876032 (hardback) AV - JZ4850.C73 PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - International agencies KW - Regionalism (International organization) KW - Intergovernmental cooperation N1 - 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 ER -