The Rise of Post-Hegemonic Regionalism: The Case of Latin America (United Nations University Series on Regionalism, 4)

Annotation 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? Front Matter....Pages i-xvii The Rise of Post-Hegemonic Regionalism in Latin America....Pages 1-16 Reconstructing Regionalism: What does Development have to do with It?....Pages 17-39 Consistency and Resilience through Cycles of Repoliticization....Pages 41-64 Cooperation for the Provision of Regional Public Goods: The Iirsa Case 1 ....Pages 65-79 Defence in a Post-Hegemonic Regional Agenda: The Case of the South American Defence Council....Pages 81-100 The Rise of Monetary Agreements in South America....Pages 101-124 Socio-Environmental Regionalism in South America: Tensions in New Development Models....Pages 125-145 New Regionalism and Civil Society: Bridging the Democratic Gap?....Pages 147-165 Moving Regions: Brazil’s Global Emergence and the Redefinition of Latin American Borders....Pages 167-182 Postlude....Pages 183-189 Back Matter....Pages 191-194 This analysis of one of the central issues of the our times focuses on Latin America, providing the first in-depth and empirically driven analysis of the models of regional governance in Latin America that have now emerged out of the 'crisis of liberalism'. This analysis of one of the central issues of the our times focuses on Latin America, providing an in-depth and empirically driven analysis of the models of regional governance in Latin America that have now emerged out of the 'crisis of liberalism'