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<p>Regional integration (RI) is an essential part of the discourse on the global economy, viewed often as a “stumbling block” or “building block.” However, little research exists that connects RI in the context of a politics of identity (PoI), which can be used to describe the evolving tensions between national sentiment and regional economic cooperation. This paper performs a Web of Science and Google Scholar review of 136 articles to determine how RI is discussed in the context of PoI. Our review demonstrated that the conceptual frameworks normally used to think about PoI are underexpressed in the context of RI. We discuss why this is the case and identify themes to illustrate the connection. We then suggest conceptual frameworks to enhance the discussion of PoI as it relates to RI, particularly as it relates to the teaching of RI across learning groups.</p>
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Regional integration (RI) is an essential part of the discourse on the global economy, viewed often as a “stumbling block” or “building block.” However, little research exists that connects RI in the context of a politics of identity (PoI), which can be used to describe the evolving tensions between national sentiment and regional economic cooperation. This paper performs a Web of Science and Google Scholar review of 136 articles to determine how RI is discussed in the context of PoI. Our review demonstrated that the conceptual frameworks normally used to think about PoI are underexpressed in the context of RI. We discuss why this is the case and identify themes to illustrate the connection. We then suggest conceptual frameworks to enhance the discussion of PoI as it relates to RI, particularly as it relates to the teaching of RI across learning groups.

The Politics of Identity and Regional Integration – Updating Global Perspectives

Journal of Nationalism, Memory & Language Politics

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Regional integration (RI) is an essential part of the discourse on the global economy, viewed often as a “stumbling block” or “building block.” However, little...

Phronesis (ethical knowledge)	versus	Techne (productive knowledge)
Legitimacy	versus	Discourse
Emotional belonging	versus	Rationalization (iron cage)
Ethnic nationalism	versus	Civic nationalism
Democratically driven decisions	versus	Market-driven decisions
Political time (looking backward)	versus	Economic time (looking forward)

Search Type (“x” + PoI)	No. of articles selected using keyword filters
Regional Integration	69
Free Trade Agreement	13
Customs Union	3
Common Market	8
Economic Union	10
Monetary Union	12
Political Union	9
Supranationalism	13
Total Results found	136
Sum of the Times Cited	748
Average Citations per Item	5.5
h-index (Web of Science)	3.1

The Politics of Identity and Regional Integration – Updating Global Perspectives

Data publikacji: 24 gru 2021

Zakres stron: 230 - 256

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jnmlp-2021-0012

Słowa kluczowe
egional integration, Politics of Identity, international management, cultural economy, nationalism

© 2021 Manuel Montoya et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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Search Results for RI and PoI

The Politics of Identity and Regional Integration – Updating Global Perspectives

Data publikacji: 24 gru 2021

Zakres stron: 230 - 256

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jnmlp-2021-0012

Słowa kluczoweegional integration, Politics of Identity, international management, cultural economy, nationalism

© 2021 Manuel Montoya et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Fig. 1

j.jnmlp-2021-0012.tab.002

Search Results for RI and PoI

Słowa kluczowe
egional integration, Politics of Identity, international management, cultural economy, nationalism