Holding-together regionalism: twenty years of post-Soviet integration

Libman and Vinokurov discuss the evolution of Post-Soviet regional integration as a prominent case of "holding-together regionalism' - integration of countries originally belonging to a single political entity. They provide a detailed account of the economic, political and social aspects of the interaction of post-Soviet countries, studying both formal regionalism and informal linkages between companies and individuals. The book pays particular attention to the political economy of this process, assessing both the reasons for the ineffectiveness of post-Soviet regionalism until recently and the driving forces of itspersistence. It investigates migration flows, mutual trade and investments, as well as interaction in key sectors of infrastructure, such as telecommunications, transportation, agriculture and power utilities. INDICE: PART I: BASIC CONCEPTS.Searching for Holding-Together Regionalism.The Dynamics of Holding-Together Regionalism.PART II: POST-SOVIET INTEGRATION.Institutional Integration: 20 years of Post-Soviet History.Economic Actors andRegionalization.Convergence and Divergence of Economic and Social Development.The Political Economy of Post-Soviet Integration.Sub-National Actors in Post-Soviet Integration.PART III: KEY AREAS.Holding Together of Falling Apart: Results of the Gravity Equation of CIS Trade.Cross-Border Investment: General Trends through the 2000s.Financial Markets and the Banking Sector.Trans-Eurasian Transport Corridors.Towards a CIS Common Electric Power Market.CIS Telecommunications Sector: the Rise of the Multinationals.Agriculture in the CIS: Departing from the Soviet Past.Labour Migration.PART IV: AN INTERTWINED REGION.The Foreign Policies of Russia and Kazakhstan: Post-Soviet Regionalism and Power Balance.Post-Soviet Space, Central Asia and Eurasia.Issues for the Next Decade.Conclusion.

• ISBN: 978-0-230-30269-3
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 256
• Fecha Publicación: 21/09/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido