The Theoretical and Practical Dimensions of Regionalism in East Asia

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