00741nam a2200085Ia 4500100001800000245007900018260000900097520053000106583001900636  aCRONE, Donald  aDoes hegemony matter? The reorganization of the Pacific political economy.  c1993  aAdvances a modified explanation of regime formation in the Pacific that is conditioned by cognitive factors, as follows:  (1) that US predominance inhibited early attempts to organise the Pacific, by creating disincentives for the parties to institutionalize and multilateralize relationships; (2) that the present regime is largely a response to 'leveling' changes in economic and political power relations among Pacific nations; and (3) that value differentials are also important and have structured APEC as a weak regime.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR