ISBN:
9783030933470
,
9783030933500
Language:
English
Pages:
VI, 185 Seiten
,
5 Illustrationen
Edition:
1st ed. 2022
Series Statement:
United Nations University series on regionalism volume 18
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Vigevani, Tullo The Challenges for Building Regional Integration in the Global South
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Vigevani, Tullo The Challenges for Building Regional Integration in the Global South
DDC:
306.2
Keywords:
Regionale Wirtschaftsintegration
;
Wirtschaftsintegration
;
Außenwirtschaftspolitik
;
Außenpolitik
;
Brasilien
;
Mercosur-Staaten
;
Wirtschaftliche Integration
;
Integration
;
Außenpolitik
;
Regionalpolitik
;
Ursache
;
Außenwirtschaft
;
Politisches Interesse
;
Regional Integration
;
Brazilian Foreign Policy
;
European integration
;
Latin American integration
;
Comparative Regionalism
;
Mercosur
;
Unasur
;
Lula da Silva period
;
Summits of the Americas
;
Organization of the American States
;
CELAC
;
Cooperation with Argentina
;
Program for Integration and Economic Cooperation
;
Brasilien
Abstract:
Chapter 1: Latin American integration: a Brazilian view -- Chapter 2: Brazilian thought and regional integration in the 20th century -- Chapter 3: The role of regional integration for Brazil: autonomy, universalism, and the elite´s perception -- Chapter 4: The social Mercosur -- Chapter 5: The Mercosur structural dimension: economic and political/diplomatic features -- Chapter 6: Mercosur, Unasul, and CELAC relations -- Final considerations: What is the future of the Mercosur? Where did it come from, where is it, and where is it headed? Main challenges.
Abstract:
This book analyzes regional integration in South America with a focus on the Mercosur and Brazilian foreign policy from the 1990s. It reviews the history of the Mercosur and identifies the results achieved by the bloc, as well as the causes of difficulties and the reasons for stalemates over nearly 30 years of its existence. The authors identify the complex interrelation between domestic and foreign factors that have shaped Brazilian foreign policy. From 1991 onwards, relations between Latin American countries have changed while the Mercosur developed from a free trade area to a customs union. While intrabloc trade grew, there were huge difficulties in the form of regional institutional affirmation and cooperation. This history is of the utmost importance to understanding regionalism and politics in Latin America. The book therefore has two interrelated analytical dimensions: namely, focus on ideas and identity; and behavior, actions, and economic and political interests. This very topical book is of interest for researchers and students of Brazilian foreign policy and those of Latin American and/or Mercosur countries. Particularly, readers interested in regionalism will find important theoretical and empirical elements in this book, as well as discussions necessary for comprehending the role of big, emerging countries, and the potential and limits to their international role.
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-030-93348-7
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