the New Regionalism Globalism and

These studies relate to each other as challenge to response, globalization being the challenge of economic and cultural homogenization of the world and regionalization being a social and political reaction. This is the first of five volumes reporting on the UNU WIDER project on New Regionalism. It deals with the conceptions and meanings of two processes which probably will have a crucial influence on the shape of the "new world order": globalization and regionalization. They relate to each other as challenge to response, globalization being the challenge of economic and cultural homogenization of the world and regionalization being a social and political reaction. The leading writers in the field contribute to this volume. This work is intended for departments of politics (courses in international studies, globalization), international relations; and economics (courses in international economics).