Regional Organizations in International Society

Kilian Spandler is researcher at the School of Global Studies of the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. The politics of normative arguing in regional organizations.- 3. Decolonization: setting the stage for regionalism.- 4. Founding years: building regional organizations in post-colonial spaces.- 5. Legal integration: regionalizing judicial authority.- 6. Enlargement: redefining regional boundaries.- 7. Conclusion