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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,Β 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 continentβs 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).
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
List of Tables and Figures......Page 10
Acknowledgments and Preface......Page 14
Acronyms......Page 16
Part 1 Introduction......Page 30
One: Historical and Theoretical Guideline......Page 32
Part 2 Political Instrumentalization of Regional Economic Integration......Page 66
Two: Resolving Regional Crises......Page 68
Three: Building a Collective Defense of Democracy......Page 90
Part 3 Design and Development of Institutions......Page 112
Four: Institutional Isomorphism......Page 114
Five: Scope and Level of Integration: Explaining a Mismatch......Page 136
Part 4 Democratizing Regional Integration......Page 160
Six: The Parliamentary Option......Page 162
Seven: Integration from Below......Page 182
Eight: Integration and Common Goods......Page 202
Part 5 The Contentious Politics of Integration......Page 222
Nine: Regional Multilevel Governance in the Americas?......Page 224
Conclusion......Page 244
Notes......Page 250
Bibliography......Page 274
C......Page 284
D......Page 285
I......Page 286
P......Page 287
W......Page 288
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