This collection of essays aims to contribute to our understanding of the process of regional integration currently underway in South America. Mercosur is a regi

This book assesses South America’s most ambitious attempt at economic integration, Mercosur. It explains the main—and inherent—weaknesses of the integrati

Latin America's experience with regional economic integration has been only slightly shorter than that of Europe. In fact, the first attempt at integration star

The book draws comparison between MERCOSUR and the European Union to explain variation of regionalism and to expose its limits. The project is based on the idea

The essays included in this book are the result ofseven years ofresearch spanning the 1990-1997 period. Most of them have been published in scientific magazines