Gardini The Origins of Mercosur

Democracy and Regionalization in South America
2010
ISBN: 978-0-230-10554-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 267 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Studies of the Americas

The processes of democratization and regionalization in South America ran parallel to one another between 1985 and 1991. However, the nature of this relationship is by no means clear. This book explores the diplomatic history of the formation of Mercosur and analyzes the precise place of democracy in the process. At the methodological level, a combination of hitherto unexamined documents and extensive interview material makes for a novel oral history approach to diplomatic studies. At the theoretical level, a melding of cognitive approaches to foreign policy making and realist theory of international relations provides a nuanced but systematic explanation of events.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gardini, G.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: DIPLOMATIC INVESTIGATIONS AND HISTORICAL ANALYSIS Argentine-Brazilian Relations in Historical Perspective: From Ambivalence to Solidarity The Genesis of the Argentine-Brazilian Bilateral Integration (1983-1986) The genesis of Mercosur (1986-1991) PART II: POLITICAL INVESTIGATIONS AND THEORETICAL ANALYSIS Domestic Institutional Setting and Regionalization Government-business Relations in the Construction of Mercosur Democracy as a Foundational Idea of Integration

Über Autor(innen)

GIAN LUCA GARDINI is the Deputy Director of the European Research Institute and lecturer in International Relations and Latin American Politics at the University of Bath, UK.