Models of Regional Governance
Sovereignty and the future
architecture of regionalism
Edited by Kennedy Graham
$39.95
July 2008
ISBN: 978-1-877257-74-2
Paperback, 152 x 228 mm, 440g, 256 pp
Arising from proceedings of a 2007
symposium organised by the University of Canterbury’s School of Law,
the National Centre for Research on Europe and the University of
the South Pacific, this book explores the challenges facing the
vulnerable small Pacific island countries in the 21st century and
the models of regional governance available to them.
It reviews the development of Pacific regionalism to date, surveys
the ‘state of the art’ in other regions, especially the EU integration
movement in Europe, and considers the merits of the contemporary Pacific
Plan.
Offering reflections of the nexus between the Pacific Way, based
on traditional customs and values of indigenous peoples of the region,
and the prevailing values and political methods of the dominant West,
it concludes with some insights into how these separate and distinct
cultural-political approaches to 21st century international politics
might be synthesised for the common regional interest.
The aim of this collaborative work is to stimulate insightful
discussion on the future of Pacific regionalism. The book will be
a key resource for academic scholars, politicians, national policy-makers,
international civil servants, and civil society (NGOs).
Dr Kennedy Graham is a Senior Adjunct Fellow in
the School of Law at the University of Canterbury, Senior Lecturer
in the School of Political Science at Victoria University of Wellington,
and Visiting Professor in the International Relations Department, College
of Europe, Bruges, Belgium.