The Logic of Regional Integration

In the late 1980s regional integration emerged as one of the most important developments in world politics. It is not a new phenomenon however and this 1999 book presents an analysis of integration across time and across regions. Walter Mattli examines projects in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Europe but also in Latin America North America and Asia since the 1950s. Using the tools of political economy he considers why some integration schemes have succeeded while many others have failed; wha...See More