The book provides new insight into the role of organised business interests. It supports the concept of political economy and demonstrates how it transcends the limitations of CPE or IPE, to form a coherent whole. The book maps the conflict, convergence and influence of organized business interests in the context of regional integration.

Autorentext
MARC SCHELHASE is a lecturer in the Defence Studies Department, King's College London, UK. Marc has previously taught at the Universities of Warwick and Birmingham and he is also a member of the Open World Initiative of the Evian Group.

Inhalt
Organized Business Interests in the Mercosur: Setting the Scene Studying Organized Business Interests in the Mercosur: A Theoretical Framework for Analysis Structures of Business Interest Articulation in the Mercosur: The National and the Regional Dimension The Relationship between Domestic and Regional Organized Business Interests in the Mercosur: Conflict and Convergence Two Case Studies of Interest Representation within Organized Business: The Chemical Industry in the Mercosur and the MEBF The Regionalization of Organized Business Interests in the Mercosur: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis Organized Business Interests in the Mercosur: Conflict, Convergence, and Influence