Revisiting Regionalism and the Contemporary World Order

The book critically analyzes the ongoing changes in the regional, intra-regional, and global dynamics of cooperation, from a multi-disciplinary and pluralist perspective. It is based on the insight that in a post-hegemonic world the formation of regions and the process of globalization can be largely disconnected from the orbit of the US, and that a plurality of power and worldviews has replaced US hegemony. In spite of these changes, most existing analyses of current changes in the world order still rely upon Western-centered approaches, and Westphalian thinking. Against this backdrop, the book proposes to advance a truly global IR understanding of the post-hegemonic world, and weaves together the pluralist and multi-disciplinary perspectives of scholars located all around the world.

Dr. Élise Féron is a lecturer and senior researcher at the Tampere Peace Research Institute, Tampere University, Finland.
Prof. Jyrki Käkönen is professor emeritus at the School of Management, Tampere University, Finland.
Gabriel Rached is associate professor and researcher at Fluminense Federal University, Brazil.