When States Regionally Integrate: How Relative Economic Size and Institutional Homogeneity Matter

Gaspare M. Genna ()
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Gaspare M. Genna: Department of Political Science and Public Administration, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA

Social Sciences, 2023, vol. 12, issue 7, 1-10

Abstract: This study compares two articles that seek to explain why states participate in regional integration organizations and why they want to deepen their economic and political partnerships. The method of comparison is the systemist diagrammatic approach, which requires a deconstruction and mapping of ideas found in social science. The articles demonstrate common variables in their explanations, namely that power asymmetry and satisfaction with the status quo among regional partners are critical in determining why states integrate. The articles diverge in their explanations, with one emphasizing the similarities of institutionalized policies and the other the role a rising power, China, has in developing regional integration in the Western Hemisphere.

Keywords: asymmetric power; homogeneous institutions; power transition theory; regional integration; rising economic powers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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