The Americas in Transition : : The Contours of Regionalism / / Gordon Mace, Louis Bélanger.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Mace, Gordon,; Bélanger, Louis,
• MitwirkendeR: Bernier, Ivan,; Bélanger, Louis,; Drainville, André C.,; Fischer, Klaus Peter,; Gosselin, Guy,; Lemelin, Bernard,; Mace, Gordon,; Regina Soares de Lima, Maria,; Roy, Martin,; Therien, Jean-Philippe,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (302 p.)

The FTA, MERCOSUR, the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative, NAFTA, the Summit of the Americas—do these constitute building blocs in the construction of a new regional system? This book explores that question, offering an assessment of the state of regionalism in the Americas. The authors first ou...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• 1 Hemispheric Regionalism in Perspective
• Part 1 The Regionalist Project and Its Environment
• 2 The Origins, Nature, and Scope of the Hemispheric Project
• 3 The Structural Contexts of Hemispheric Regionalism: Power, Trade, Political Culture, and Economic Development
• 4 NAFTA and Mercosur: Two Competing Models?
• Part 2 Actors' Strategies
• 5 U.S. Foreign Policy and the Regionalist Option in the Americas
• 6 From Warmth to Coolness: The U.S. Congress and the Free Trade Issue in the Americas, 1988-1996
• 7 Brazil's Alternative Vision
• 8 Building Role and Region: Middle States and Regionalism in the Americas
• 9 The Organization of American States and Hemispheric Regionalism
• 10 Business and Integration in the Americas: Competing Points of View
• 11 Social Movements in the Americas: Regionalism from Below?
• Part 3 Conclusion
• 12 A Provisional Assessment
• Acronyms and Abbreviations
• Bibliography
• The Contributors
• Index
• About the Book