Introduction -- Subregionalism: some conceptual considerations -- Institutions, processes and policies -- The birth and evolution of Black Sea Economic Cooperation -- Bracing arms across the sea: national preferences and leadership gap -- Rivalry, conflict and potential cooperation -- From fragmentation to economic cooperation -- Reconfiguring subregionalism: the impact of the EU
Summary
Representing a new development in the study of contemporary regionalism, Panagiota Manoli examines the process of institutionalized sub-regional cooperation and casts new light on the factors influencing the reconfiguration of sub-regional structures in the Black Sea region. Contributing to the conceptualization of the subregional phenomenon, this book should be read by scholars and policy-makers alike unclear on how local elements interface with extra-regional forces in the shaping of a subregion
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-237) and index
