Regional Integration in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Political Economy of Open Regionalism (Institute of Latin American Studies) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1900039427 ISBN 13: 9781900039420

Publisher: University of London Press, 2001

Synopsis

This collection is a sober assessment of the state of regional integration in Latin America and the Caribbean. It studies the question from four perspectives: economic, institutional, political, and in relation to the rest of the world. It considers the questions raised by LAC countries' efforts to use 'new' regionalism to address the challenges of globalization and to explore the nature and meaning of open regionalism. This thematic treatment draws on the experience of the different schemes currently in place in the region: NAFTA, CACM, CARICOM, the Andean Community and MERCOSUR. It also examines the nature of globalization, including concerns over the relationship between regionalism and the multilateral system. There is now a broad consensus among LAC countries that regional integration can help them adjust to the new world order, but there is much less agreement on how to achieve it and what reforms are needed to bring it about.

About this title

About the Author:

Victor Bulmer-Thomas is currently Director of the Royal Institute of International Affairs. He was formerly Director of the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London.

Review:

"[A] timely and comprehensive overview..." — Foreign Affairs, 3/1/2002

About this edition

• Publisher: University of London Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1900039427
• ISBN 13: 9781900039420
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 322
• Editor: Bulmer-Thomas Victor