Fifteen years after the first Summit of the Americas, the world and the Americas have changed enormously. Competing strategies for economic development and political representation have shattered the hemispheric consensus of the 1990s. This book analyzes these developments and points towards a future for inter-American co-operation.

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JOSETTE ALTMAN BORBON is Regional Co-ordinator for International Co-operation in the General Secretariat of the Latin American Faculty of Social Science (FLACSO) and Professor of History and Political Science at the University of Costa Rica LOUIS BÉLANGER is Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science at Université Laval, Canada RUT DIAMINT is a Professor at Torcuato Di Tella University, Argentina and the University of Bologna, Italy DANIEL P. ERIKSON is Senior Associate for US Policy and Director of Caribbean Programs at the Inter-American Dialogue ANTONI ESTEVADEORDAL is Manager of the Integration and Trade Sector RICHARD FEINBERG is Professor of International Political Economy at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, USA NORMAN GIRVAN is Professorial Research Fellow at the UWI Graduate Institute of International Relations at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago JORGE HEINE holdsthe Chair in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, is Professor of Political Science at Wilfrid Laurier University and is a Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canada THOMAS LEGLER is Professor of International Relations at the Iberoamerican University of Mexico City THOMAS ANDREW O'KEEFE is the President of Mercosur Consulting Group, Ltd, Washington, D.C., USA RICHARD OUELLET is Associate Professor of International Economic Law at Laval University, Canada NICOLA PHILLIPS is Professor of Political Economy and Founding Director of the Political Economy Institute at the University of Manchester, UK MARC SCHELHASE is Lecturer in the Defence Studies Department, King's College London, UK, and Visiting Professor in the EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies Department at the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium KATI SUOMINEN is Trade Economist at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, D.C., USA JEAN-PHILIPPE THERIEN is Professor in the Department of Political Science of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at the Université de Montréal, Canada DIANA TUSSIE heads the Department of International Relations at FLACSO, Argentina, and is Founding Director of the Latin American Trade Network (LATN).

Inhalt
Foreword; B.Pastor Introduction - Inter-American Cooperation at a Crossroads; G.Mace, A.F.Cooper & T.M.Shaw PART I: A CHANGING LANDSCAPE Hemispheric Relations: Budding Contests in the Dawn of a New Era; D.Tussie The Obama Administration and Latin America: Towards a New Partnership?; D.Erikson The Caribbean in a Turbulent World; N.Girvan PART II: RESPONDING TO CHALLENGES Economic Integration in the Americas: An Unfinished Agenda; A.Estevadeordal & K.Suominen Building on Sub-Regional Economic Integration Projects to Forge an Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas; T.A.O'Keefe Demise of the Inter-American Democracy Promotion Regime?; T.Legler A More Secure Hemisphere?; R.Diamint Poverty Reduction and the role of Regional Institutions; N.Phillips PART III: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OTHER INSTITUTIONS The Successes, Failures and Future of the Mercosur; M.Schelhase Ruling the North American Market: NAFTA and its Extensions; L.Bélanger & R.Ouellet New Forms of Integration: The ALBA Institutions and Mechanisms; J.Altmann PART IV: RECONSTRUCTING A REGIONAL SYSTEM FOR THE AMERICAS Middle Powers and Hemispheric Diplomacy: Towards an A-10; J.Heine What Role for the Private Sector in Inter-American Multilateralism?; R.E.Feinberg Conclusion: The Need for Stronger Legitimacy; G.Mace & J.-P.Thérien