The Rise of Post-Hegemonic Regionalism: The Case of Latin America (United Nations University Series on Regionalism)
Language: English
Pages: 194
ISBN: 9400726937
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This book offers a timely analysis, and a novel and nuanced argument about post-neoliberal models of regional governance in non-European contexts. It provides the first in-depth, empirically-driven analysis of current models of regional governance in Latin America that emerged out of the crisis of liberalism in the region. It contributes to comparative studies of the contemporary global political economy as it advances current literature on the topic by analysing distinctive, overlapping and conflicting trajectories of regionalism in Latin America. The book critically explores models of transformative regionalism and specific dimensions articulating those models beyond neoliberal consensus-building. As such it contests the overstated case of integration as converging towards global capitalism. It provides an analytical framework that not only examines the 'what, how, who and why' in the emergence of a specific form of regionalism but sets the ground for addressing two relevant questions that will push the study of regionalism further: What factors enable or constrain how transformative a given regionalism is (or can be) with respect to the powers and policies of states encompassed by it? and: What factors govern how resilient a given regionalism is likely to be under changing political and economic conditions?
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are part of IIRSA. Any errors in this chapter are the sole responsibility of the author. 1 This paper is an updated version of an article published in Integration and Trade, January-June 2008, Volume 12. 2 Background information about IIRSA, mainly with regard to its institutional structure, spatial planning, and project selection, can be found on IIRSA’s website (www.iirsa.org). In addition, there are official documents from the countries and institutions forming part of the Technical
disputes and the emergence of Brazil as a regional power. These material factors are yet one part of the picture. Ideational changes are also important and have been linked to the redefinition of new regional consensuses regarding how to deal with autonomous management of two highly politically sensitive areas of policy: development and defence. The recent convergence of those two dimensions is essential to explain the emergence of regionalism in defence in South America. Although material and
belonging. These ideas resonate with different social groups, local and ethnic identities, along with economic programmes for the organization and management of natural resources, production and distribution. Altogether they are redefining activism and practices broadening the arena of action beyond their own communities and nation states. From such a perspective, region must be seen as socially and politically constructed, and hence an area for contestation. What we also see, however, is that
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