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The Origins of Mercosur

Democracy and Regionalization in South America

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  • © 2010

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Authors:
  1. Gian Luca Gardini
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Part of the book series: Studies of the Americas (STAM)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Gian Luca Gardini
      Pages 1-13

  3. Diplomatic Investigations and Historical Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Argentine-Brazilian Relations in Historical Perspective: From Ambivalence to Solidarity

      • Gian Luca Gardini
      Pages 17-39

    3. The Genesis of the Argentine-Brazilian Bilateral Integration (1983–1986)

      • Gian Luca Gardini
      Pages 41-72

    4. The Genesis of Mercosur (1986–1991)

      • Gian Luca Gardini
      Pages 73-102

  4. Political Investigations and Theoretical Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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    2. Domestic Institutional Setting and Regionalization

      • Gian Luca Gardini
      Pages 105-127

    3. Government-Business Relations in the Construction of Mercosur

      • Gian Luca Gardini
      Pages 129-148

    4. Democracy as a Foundational Idea of Integration

      • Gian Luca Gardini
      Pages 149-173

    5. Conclusion

      • Gian Luca Gardini
      Pages 175-188

    6. Epilogue

      • Gian Luca Gardini
      Pages 189-194

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 195-267
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About this book

The processes of democratization and regionalization in South America ran parallel to one another between 1985 and 1991. However, the nature of this relationship is by no means clear. This book explores the diplomatic history of the formation of Mercosur and analyzes the precise place of democracy in the process. At the methodological level, a combination of hitherto unexamined documents and extensive interview material makes for a novel oral history approach to diplomatic studies. At the theoretical level, a melding of cognitive approaches to foreign policy making and realist theory of international relations provides a nuanced but systematic explanation of events.

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GIAN LUCA GARDINI is the Deputy Director of the European Research Institute and lecturer in International Relations and Latin American Politics at the University of Bath, UK.

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