The Theoretical and Practical Dimensions of Regionalism in East Asia

1. Introduction<div><br></div><div>2. Regionalism and Regionalisation - A Theoretical Approach</div><div>2.1 Regionalism and regionalisation in the theory of social sciences</div><div>2.2 Old vs. new regionalism - a comparative analysis</div><div>2.3 Regionalism and regionalisation in the context of globalization</div><div>2.4 The types of regionalism - a review</div><div>2.5 Regionalism vs. multilateralism, interregionalism and regionalisation</div><div>2.6 The selected methods for measuring the phenomena of regionalism and regionalisation</div><div><br></div><div>3. Regionalism and Regionalisation in East Asia - Their Essence, Origin and Transformations</div><div>3.1 East Asia - characteristics of the region and its subregions</div><div>3.2 The concept, reasons for and characteristics of East Asian regionalism</div><div>3.3 The stages and drivers of developing regionalism in East Asia</div><div>3.4 East Asia's regionalisation - the network and territorial dimension of regional processes</div><div>3.5 The geospatial dimension of East Asian regionalism - the levels and structure of the process</div><div><br></div><div>4. The Microregional and Subregional Dimension of East Asian Regionalism</div><div>4.1 The subnational dimension of regionalism in East Asia</div><div>4.2 The transnational dimension of regionalism in East Asia</div><div>4.3 Hybrid subregional cooperation programmes in East Asia</div><div>4.4 The transnational dimension of East Asian subregional cooperation</div><div>4.5 Cooperation within the framework of East Asia's southern subregion - the Association of Southeast Asian Nations</div><div><br></div><div>5. East Asian regionalism - The Macroregional Dimensions of Relations</div><div>5.1 The evolution of cooperation within the framework of ASEAN Plus Three and East Asian ASEAN Plus One summits</div><div>5.2 The origins and development of the East Asia Summit</div><div><br></div><div>6. East Asian Regionalism - An Empirical Analysis</div><div>6.1 A review of selected research studies on East Asian regionalism</div><div>6.2 Gravity models - a tool for assessing regionalism processes</div><div>6.3 An empirical research of the impact of East Asian regionalism on trade exchange</div><div>6.3.1 The analysis of correlation coefficients between foreign trade volumes and their determinants (dynamic approach)</div><div>6.3.2 The classification of explanatory variables based on Ward's method</div><div>6.3.3 The characteristics of the adopted statistical methods</div><div>6.3.4 A comparative analysis of the degree of adjusting the regression function to empirical data</div><div>6.3.5 An analysis of correlations between explanatory variables and the dependent variable</div><div>6.3.6 The results of estimations in a general approach.</div><div>6.3.7 The results of estimations by groups of countries</div><div>6.3.8 Estimation results in a time-based approach</div><div>6.3.9 Summary of research results</div><div><br></div><div>7. Concluding Remarks<div><div><br></div></div></div>