The Challenges for Building Regional Integration in the Global South: The case of Brazilian Foreign Policy towards Mercosur: 18 (United Nations University Series on Regionalism, 18) - Hardcover

Vigevani, Tullo; Ramanzini Junior, Haroldo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3030933474 ISBN 13: 9783030933470

Publisher: Springer, 2022

Synopsis

This book analyzes regional integration in South America with a focus on the Mercosur and Brazilian foreign policy from the 1990s. It reviews the history of the Mercosur and identifies the results achieved by the bloc, as well as the causes of difficulties and the reasons for stalemates over nearly 30 years of its existence. The authors identify the complex interrelation between domestic and foreign factors that have shaped Brazilian foreign policy. From 1991 onwards, relations between Latin American countries have changed while the Mercosur developed from a free trade area to a customs union. While intrabloc trade grew, there were huge difficulties in the form of regional institutional affirmation and cooperation. This history is of the utmost importance to understanding regionalism and politics in Latin America. The book therefore has two interrelated analytical dimensions: namely, focus on ideas and identity; and behavior, actions, and economic and political interests. Thisvery topical book is of interest for researchers and students of Brazilian foreign policy and those of Latin American and/or Mercosur countries. Particularly, readers interested in regionalism will find important theoretical and empirical elements in this book, as well as discussions necessary for comprehending the role of big, emerging countries, and the potential and limits to their international role. 

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About the Author

Tullo Vigevani is Emeritus Professor of Political Science and International Relations at São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil. He has published articles in Journals of many countries (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico, China, Israel, United States, Italy, France, etc) chapters and 14 books, as author or editor. He is a Researcher at the Center for Contemporary Culture Studies (CEDEC) and at the National Institute of Science and Technology for Studies of the United States(INCT-INEU). He participates in numerous Editorial Boards. His most frequent subjects of research are regional integration, Brazilian foreign policy, United States and Internationa l Trade Regimes.

Haroldo Ramanzini Junior is an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU), Brazil and a Researcher at the Center for Contemporary Culture Studies (CEDEC) and at the National Institute of Science and Technology for Studies of the United States(INCT-INEU). In 2017-2018 he was a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Kennedy School. His research interests focus on Brazilian Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy Analysis, Comparative Regionalism and International Institutions.

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This book analyzes regional integration in South America with a focus on the Mercosur and Brazilian foreign policy from the 1990s. It reviews the history of the Mercosur and identifies the results achieved by the bloc, as well as the causes of difficulties and the reasons for stalemates over nearly 30 years of its existence. The authors identify the complex interrelation between domestic and foreign factors that have shaped Brazilian foreign policy. From 1991 onwards, relations between Latin American countries have changed while the Mercosur developed from a free trade area to a customs union. While intrabloc trade grew, there were huge difficulties in the form of regional institutional affirmation and cooperation. This history is of the utmost importance to understanding regionalism and politics in Latin America. The book therefore has two interrelated analytical dimensions: namely, focus on ideas and identity; and behavior, actions, and economic and political interests. This very topical book is of interest for researchers and students of Brazilian foreign policy and those of Latin American and/or Mercosur countries. Particularly, readers interested in regionalism will find important theoretical and empirical elements in this book, as well as discussions necessary for comprehending the role of big, emerging countries, and the potential and limits to their international role. 

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030933474
• ISBN 13: 9783030933470
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 191