比较地区化理论评析:一种方法论的视角

A Comment on the Theories of Comparative Regionalism:A Methodology Perspective

当下比较地区主义研究虽然已经成为一门"显学",但该题域尚缺少深厚的理论支撑,主要问题集中在:第一,地区比较过程中,如何对待欧洲经验的问题尤为突出;第二,具体的比较项较为模糊,缺乏实际操作的经验性工作;第三,采用的比较方法存在缺陷。加强国内外学界相关理论成果的评析,特别是对方法论的重视是解决上述问题的主要途径。本文以赫特的新地区主义理论为例,评析了地区主义理论的现状、局限以及突破的方向。

In the 1990s,the world witnessed the revival of the study on regionalism in international relations. However, its theoretical foundation is relatively weak, especially the comparative theory. What remains to be solved concentrates on what are the best methods to be applied to compare the different types of regional cooperation and on whether the experiences drawn from the European integration can be applied to other regions. Further more, the issue about the position where the European integration is to be placed in regionalism studies is still uncertain. As a matter of fact, obvious divergences exist between the EU studies on the one hand and the international regionalism studies on the other, which obstructs the comparative regionalism studies and which makes it necessary to develop a systematically comparative framework in this area. This article tries, by analyzing the limitation of the new regionalism theories and commenting on the latest breakup of the comparative regionalization framework by Alex Warleigh-Lack from the methodology perspective, to provide an approach to construct China’s regionalism theory.