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What do Members of Regions have in Common?

In: Regionalism among Developing Countries

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  • Sheila Page

    (Overseas Development Institute)

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The generalization that regions need some common interest to hold the members together needs to be broken down. This chapter will look for any attributes which seem universal among members of the most successful regions. Secondly, the political analysis which suggested that the level of common interests was a constraint on regions (see Chapter 2) means that we want to ask how much more diverse regions are than countries and how much less than the world. Given the diversity within countries, this is not a straightforward question, and the approach will be impressionistic. For regions which have existed for some time, it is useful to ask whether there has been a convergence of economies or common interests. Regions can be founded either to build interdependence or to administer and institutionalize existing interdependence. Over time, the two motives merge and interact. A comparison at any point cannot reflect this process.

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  • Sheila Page, 2000. "What do Members of Regions have in Common?," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Regionalism among Developing Countries, chapter 4, pages 66-80, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-333-98268-6_4
    DOI: 10.1057/9780333982686_4
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