00762nam a2200109Ia 4500080001900000100001700019245008300036260003000119300001400149520047100163583001800634  a01.02.01 R3361  aGrugel, Jean  aRegionalism across the North-South divide : state strategies and globalization  bRoutledgeaLondonGBc1999  ax, 198 p.  aExamines the trend towards regionalism in the contemporary world order.  Provides some background to the changing position in the global order of the South and examines the competing theoretical perspectives on regionalism.  Looks at politics within some semi-peripheral states and the role they play in building new regions.  Discusses regional associations within three developing areas, where the region is taking on a middle position between the North and South.  c4/8/02kJOY_D