Theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of the creation and development of integration regional economic associations of the states (end of the 40th - beginning of the 90th of the 20th century)

The regularity of the current stage of globalization is the creation and development of regional integration economic associations. At present, the theoretical concept generalizing integration processes in the field of functioning of regional economic associations of the states with emerging markets in modern conditions of formation of new world order is not created yet. The development of such concept it is dictated by need of the setting up of the scientifically based economic policy of the states with emerging markets. At the same time, this fact requires an appeal to the analysis of theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of integration processes. Such researches were conducted by mainly Western researchers throughout the end of the 40th and the beginning of the 90th years of the last century. Identification of the main theoretical and methodological approaches in the Western studies of the interstate integration processes generalizing practice of creation and development of regional associations during the specified period allowed to draw a conclusion on considerable influence of functional general scientific methodology...