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

by O. Dabïne

Overview

This book explores the widely admitted failure of regional integration in this continent, linking the features of regional institutional arrangements with domestic politics and includes an inquiry into regionalism at the hemispherical level.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230608474
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	10/13/2009
Series:	The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy
Edition description:	2009
Pages:	259
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

OLIVIER DABÈNE is Professor of Political Science at the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po), France..

Table of Contents

PART I: ONE HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL GUIDELINE PART II: POLITICAL INSTRUMENTALIZATION OF REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION Resolving Regional Crises Crisis and Regional Integration Building a Collective Defense of Democracy PART III: DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF INSTITUTIONS Institutional Isomorphism Scope and Level of Integration. Explaining a Mismatch PART IV: DEMOCRATIZING REGIONAL INTEGRATION The Parliamentary Option Integration from Below Integration and Common Goods PART V: THE CONTENTIOUS POLITICS OF INTEGRATION Regional Multilevel Governance in the Americas?