\aChapter One: The Role of Civil Society in (Re)Shaping World Regions -- Chapter Two: Civil Society and the Reinvention of Regions -- Chapter Three: Chronicle of a European Crisis Foretold: Building Neoliberalism from Above and Options for Resistance from Below -- Chapter Four: Civil Society, Labor Movements, and the Challenge to Capitalist Regional Integration in Latin America -- Chapter Five: Can Caribbean Civil Society Effectively Influence Regional Policy?: Overcoming National and Regional Challenges in CARICOM -- Chapter Six: The Potential of Civil Society in Regional Governance in East Asia -- Chapter Seven: Building a People-oriented Community in Southeast Asia: Lessons from ASEAN's Engagement with Civil Society -- Chapter Eight: Civil Society and Land Conflicts in Southeast Asia: Navigating between National, Regional, and Transnational Governance -- Chapter Nine: Regionalization "From Below" in Southern Africa: The Role of Civil Society in Regional Trade and HIV/AIDS Policy Making -- Chapter Ten: Civil Society and Regional Integration in West Africa: Partners, Legitimizers, and Counter-hegemonic Actors -- Chapter Eleven: Transnational Civil Society and Regionalism in the Arab World: More of the Same? -- Index.
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\aSupranational regionalism and regional integration have for a long time been top-down processes, led by the few and imposed on the many. The role of citizens, especially those active in civil society, has been neglected by scholars, students, and commentators of regionalism. In reaction to the prevalence of these top-down models, a ผnew regionalismฝ approach has proliferated in the past few years. This book aims to further develop such a research agenda by providing an up-to-date overview of the contribution of civil society to world regionalism, from Europe to Africa, Asia, and the Americas. This is not only relevant as a research topic; it is also of critical importance from a political standpoint. As regions across the world experience prolonged governance crises, it becomes paramount to understand the extent to which these new regional formations actually reflect the interests and needs of their people. While old regionalism was accepted as a de facto elite-driven byproduct of both the Cold War and neoliberal globalization, the twenty-first-century regionalismดif it is to surviveดwill need to refocus its objectives through new forms of participation and inclusion. Regions without citizens are unlikely to stand the test of time, especially in times of crises.
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