Resilience of Regionalism in Latin America and the Caribbean

As regionalisation becomes an increasingly hot topic, the authors explain why regionalism has been most successful in Latin America and analyse current processes and opinions of possible future developments in the region, including the Caribbean, Central America, Brazil, and Mexico.

'This collection of writings from leading experts is an important contribution for understanding the resilience of the economic and political regionalism in Latin America. The volume provides a broad-range assessment of Latin America regional integration initiatives from the proposals of early years of independence to current integration schemes. Drawing from approaches of political economy and historical sociology, this volume brings together an interesting set of case studies of the path of regional integration in the Andean region, Central America and the Caribbean as well as the national perspectives on regionalism in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. This provides an innovative approach to the issue that make this book a reference for all who follow Latin American regionalism.' - Shigeru Kochi, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo

'The analysis of the role of ideas in historical processes is not frequent, particularly in studies concerning Latin American regional integration. The mainstream work in this area has been mostly concerned with economic, political or geopolitical variables, explaining the origin, progress or failure of integration initiatives. Moreover, few studies have tried to understand integration processes by analyzing the diversity in ideas and visions across countries in the region, from an historical perspective. This book represent a good contribution to fills this vacuum. With the participation of qualified multidisciplinary team from different countries, it deepens in the discussion of regional integration from various disciplinary, national and sub-regional vantage points. The studies presented here, represent a useful tool for policy makers and scholars, to achieve a better understanding of the evolution of Latin American integration processes. It does also help us to think about the future.' - Maria Susana Arrosa Soares, Universidad Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

'Resilience of Regionalism in Latin America and the Caribbean is an ambitious attempt to explain the persistence of the regionalist idea in Latin America despite repeated failed attempts at regional integration... It does an excellent job of showing the long tradition of continuing support of the idea of integration among Latin American thinkers and political elites, from the earlier days of independence to Hugo Chávez's Bolivarian proposal.' - Latin American Politics and Society

Autorentext
Miguel Ángel Barrios, University del Salvador, Argentina José Briceño Ruiz, University of the Andes, Venezuela Fabián Campos Hernández, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico Ángel M. Casas-Gragea, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico Clodoaldo Bueno, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil Andrés Rivarola Puntigliano, Stockholm University, Sweden Rodrigo Páez Montalbán, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico Mario Vázquez Olivera, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico Haroldo Ramanzini Júnior, University of São Paulo, Brazil Tullo Vigevani, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil

Inhalt
Preface; Olivier Dabène Introduction: Regional integration: Linking Past and Present; Andrés Rivarola Puntigliano and José Briceño Ruiz PART I: THEMATIC PERSPECTIVES 1. Geopolitics and Integration: a South American Perspective; Andrés Rivarola Puntigliano 2. Regional Integration in the Inside Trends of Latin American Dependency Thinking; Ángel M. Casas-Gragea PART II: SUB-REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES 3. The Caribbean: Regional Unity in a Context of Diversity; José Briceño Ruiz 4. Central America: in Search of Lost Unity; Rodrigo Páez Montalbán 5. The Andes: a Long Tradition of Thought and Practice about Regional Integration; José Briceño Ruiz PART III: COUNTRY PERSPECTIVES 6. Latin American Integration: a Mexican Perspective; Mario Vázquez Olivera and Fabián Campos Hernández 7. Latin American Integration: a Brazilian View; Clodoaldo Bueno, Tullo Vigevani and Haroldo Ramanzini Júnior 8. The Political Economy of Regional Integration in Argentina: a Long and Winding Road; Andrés Rivarola Puntigliano and Miguel Ángel Barrios Conclusion: About the Resilience of Latin American Regionalism; Andrés Rivarola Puntigliano and José Briceño Ruiz