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.

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

Inhalt
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?