Preferential trading arrangements (PTAs) play an increasingly prominent role in the global
political economy, two notable examples being the European Union and the North American …

Outside Europe, nowhere but in Latin America have integration attempts and thinking
developed so extensively across space and so consistently over time. This article introduces …

How and under what conditions does the European Union (EU) shape processes of
institution building in other regional organizations? This book develops and tests a theory of …

This edited volume approaches regionalism as one potential pattern in a changing global
order. Since the end of the Cold War, different forms of territorialization have emerged and …

El Mercosur: misión cumplida SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online vol.7 número2 La
Argentina desde 1983: un caso de desmilitarización del sistema político La seguridad pública …

Integrating comparative politics and international relations perspectives, this volume
provides a critical analysis of the role of international and transnational actors in …

The ambivalence of borders, as both bridges and barriers, is analysed in the South
American borderlands, in the cross-border region between Bolivia, Peru and Brazil. The …

The Americas have historically been divided into three groupings: twenty Latin American
countries, thirteen smaller Caribbean states, and the United States and Canada. Regionalist …

Two elements define regional integration in Latin America: its extension in time and its
plurality. Analyses abound regarding the drivers underlying regional cooperation, the …

In April 2002, Venezuela was again in crisis. A few years before, bucking what was then a
continental trend, the country had elected a classic populist caudillo as its president. Former …