Regionalism was once thought to be an intermediate step towardsglobal governance. Through it, nation states would gradually transfersovereignty upwards to the regional level. Regional groupings wouldtherefore constitute stepping stones, as opposed to stumbling blocs, in anincreasingly regionalized world system of governance.
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Malamud et al. (2007) studied this question.