Regional Economic Institutions and Conflict Mitigation: Design, Implementation, and the Promise of Peace

by Yoram Z. Haftel

Overview

In addition to the explicit goal of advancing mutual economic interests, regional economic organizations (REOs) are intended to foster regional cohesion and peace. Drawing on a data set detailing the institutional features of 25 REOs established during the 1980s and 1990s, complemented by a case study of ASEAN, Yoram Z. Haftel investigates the factors that affect REOs' ability to mitigate interstate military conflict. He finds fewer interstate conflicts among REO members who have developed high levels of economic integration and who cultivate regular interaction among member-states' representatives. Haftel concludes that, with an appropriate institutional design and fully implemented agreements, an REO can indeed play a role in mitigating interstate conflict and make a meaningful contribution to regional peace.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780472028443
Publisher:	University of Michigan Press
Publication date:	05/21/2012
Series:	Michigan Studies In International Political Economy
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	262
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Yoram Z. Haftel is Associate Professor of International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: How Regional Institutions Promote Peace 2. Theorizing Institutional Design and Conflict 3. The Landscape of Regional Economic Organizations 4. The Effect of Regional Institutionalization on Violent Conflict 5. Institutional Design, Violent Conflict, and Reversed Causality 6. Regional Economic Organizations and Conflict in Southeast Asia 7. Conclusion: Regional Organizations and Orders into the Twenty- first Century Notes References Index

Editorial Reviews

"..Haftel's book is a major milestone on the road to understanding the relationship between regional organizations and conflict. Highly recommended" 
—J.R. Strand, Choice

Choice - J.R. Strand