A World of Regions

Peter J. Katzenstein is the Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of International Studies at Cornell University.

Preface Chapter 1. American Power in World Politics America and Regions Globalization and Internationalization Porous Regional Orders Cases and Perspectives Chapter 2. Regional Orders Regional Politics, Present at the Creation Ethnic Capitalism in Asian Market Networks Law and Politics in a European Polity Chapter 3. Regional Identities Regional Identities in Asia and Europe East and West Germany and Japan Chapter 4. Regional Orders in Economy and Security Technology and Production Networks in Asia and Europe External and Internal Security in Europe and Asia Regional Orders in Asia and Europe Chapter 5. Porous Regions and Culture Cultural Diplomacy of Japan and Germany Popular Culture in Asia and Europe A Very Distant World-Closed Regions in the 1930s Chapter 6. Linking Regions and Imperium Connecting to the Center-Germany and Japan in the American Imperium Connecting to the Periphery-Subregionalism in Europe and Asia Two-Way Americanization Chapter 7. The American Imperium in a World of Regions American Imperium Porous Regions in Europe and Asia The Americas Extending the Argument to South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East Predicaments and Possibilities of Imperium Bibliography Index

"This fascinating book tells us a lot about the future. It expands our understanding of the interaction of regions in a global system. Peter J. Katzenstein is one of the few scholars in the world with the ability to compare Europe and Asia in the framework of U.S. power. A World of Regions draws on his considerable skills to examine culture and institutions, military power and domestic political processes. This is a big contribution."-Peter Gourevitch, University of California, San Diego "In A World of Regions, Peter J. Katzenstein persuasively argues that 'porous regions,' historically distinctive yet open to transnational influences and embedded in an American imperium, are critical elements in the dynamics of contemporary world politics."-Robert O. Keohane, Professor of International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University "In its breadth, erudition, and insightfulness this is a truly monumental work in political science (not merely international relations). Peter J. Katzenstein's carefully crafted comparative framework builds on the experiences of Germany and Japan-in Western Europe and Asia respectively-to establish that regional institutions have important effects, above and beyond the effects of globalization and internationalization. Katzenstein's favored explanation is that formal-Weberian-domestic arrangements in Germany versus informal ones in Japan shape regional politics in their respective images. The evidence for the workings of Japanese and German capitalism and culture in their respective regions is robust, convincing, comprehensive, and skillfully deployed."-Etel Solingen, University of California, Irvine