Chapter Four Globalization and Regionalism

 Rosamund:
shows increasingly autonomous role of supranational institutions in promoting further integration He developed three mechanisms through which he thought European integration processes
I.
Positive spillover effects
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Occurs when integration between states in a particular sector incentives integration in other sectors too.
II.
A transfer of allegiances from the national to the
supranational political arena
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This is a process where domestic interest groups shift their activities from the domestic to the international realm
III. A technocratic automaticity
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A process where established supranational institutions develop an interest of their own encouraging deeper and broader integration

4.8. Selected Cases of Regional Integration
• Regional integration across the world is highly influenced by its development in Europe. (the idea of regional integration is Eurocentric)
Case 1: EU
• Began as EEC (European Economic Commission underwent changes and transformation creating common market, currency, institutional and policy harmonization at last becoming EU as one consolidated regional organization
• Continued to influence the experiment of regionalism in the rest of the world
Case 2: AU
• Evolved from OAU which was established to ensure the decolonization of all African countries
• AU imitating EU was established to realize the unification of African markets towards eventually political unification
• Since 2002 AU achieved a lot in terms of opening African Free Trade Areas, the issuance of visas on arrival and the strengthening of regional organizations like
SADC, ECOWAS, COMESA and the EAC
Case 3: ASEAN
• Founded in 1967; the main motive for the integration was not economic goal rather political and security motives(decolonization) led for the regional solidarity
• After the economic crisis of, the region has advanced its economic goals and created AFTA in the region

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