Crafting Cooperation

Regional Institutions Are An Increasingly Prominent Feature Of World Politics. Their Characteristics And Performance Vary Widely: Some Are Highly Legalistic And Bureaucratic While Others Are Informal And Flexible. They Also Differ In Terms Of Inclusiveness Decision-Making Rules And Commitment To The Non-Interference Principle. This Is The First Book To Offer A Conceptual Framework For Comparing The Design And Effectiveness Of Regional International Institutions Including The Eu Nato Asean Oas Au And The Arab League. The Case Studies By A Group Of Leading Scholars Of Regional Institutions Offer A Rigorous Historically Informed Analysis Of The Differences And Similarities In Institutions Across Europe Latin America Asia Middle East And Africa. The Chapters Provide A More Theoretically And Empirically Diverse Analysis Of The Design And Efficacy Of Regional Institutions Than Heretofore Available.