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The Politics of Regional Integration in Latin America: Theoretical and Comparative Explorations

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2009
ISBN
0230608477, 9780230608474
LCC
JL960.D28 2009
Open Library ID
OL23150314M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1696245 bytes)
Series
CERI Series in International Relations and Political Economy
Pages
288\288
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-03-17 06:00:00

Description

This book offers a unique perspective of the different experiences of regional integration in Latin America, drawing from theoretically framed case studies on Central America, MERCOSUR, and the Andean Region. It explores new explanations of the widely admitted failure of regional integration in this continent, linking the features of regional institutional arrangements with domestic politics. It also manages both to place the politics of integration in time and to account for the latest development of regionalism following the continent’s turn to the left. The book includes an inquiry into regionalism at the hemispherical level, tackling the issue of contentious integration. The type of governance that is building up in the Americas does not seem to be compatible with the pursuit of traditional regional projects and even less with the launching of a new more radical one like the Venezuelan Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA).

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