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100 _aCRONE, Donald
245 _aDoes hegemony matter? The reorganization of the Pacific political economy.
260 _c1993
520 _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.
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