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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.
Gian Luca Gardini is Lecturer in International Relations and Latin American Politics at the University of Bath where he is also Deputy-Director of the European Research Institute and Coordinator of the Bath Latin American Network. He is the author of the book Latin America in the 21st Century.
PART I: Diplomatic Investigations and Historical Analysis * Argentine-Brazilian Relations in Historical Perspective: From Ambivalence to Solidarity * The Genesis of the Argentine-Brazilian Bilateral Integration (1983-1986) * The genesis of Mercosur (1986-1991) * PART II: Political Investigations and Theoretical Analysis * Domestic Institutional Setting and Regionalization * Government-business Relations in the construction of Mercosur * Democracy as a Foundational Idea of Integration *
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