Regions and Powers. An Introduction to Comparative Regionalism - Einzelansicht

This course will try to understand the hierarchies of power in the world regions and how they translate into regional orders of different degrees of stability. As an introductory course in comparative regionalism, it will look at the geography of power, its ideas and concepts, issue areas and institutions, as well as the instruments and resources that define the character of a system of regional governance.

We will look at the different forms hegemony can take. The world regions differ widely in how they conceive, design and enforce regional governance. Regional powers play an important role in this structure, as they dispose of outsized power resources and enjoy some degree of influence, both within regional organizations and outside of it: They choose to be the makers or breakers of regional governance. This course will argue that the way they deal with secondary powers in their neighborhood is the most important predictor of regional stability.

Tanja A. Börzel, Thomas Risse (eds.): The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Regionalism, Oxford 2016.

Barry Buzan, Ole Waever: Regions and Powers. The Structure of International Security, Cambridge 2003.

Flemes, Daniel (ed.): Regional Leadership in the Global System: Interests, Ideas and Strategies of Regional Powers, Aldershot 2010.

Nadine Godehardt, Dirk Nabers (eds.): Regional Powers and Regional Orders, Milton Park 2011.

David A. Lake, Patrick M. Morgan (eds.): Regional Orders. Building Security in a New World, University Park 1997.

Fredrik Söderbaum: Rethinking Regionalism, London 2016.

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