The Rise of Post-Hegemonic Regionalism: The Case of Latin America - United Nations University Series on Regionalism 2012 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; 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'. Review Quotes: From the reviews: Examine how regional projects in the Americas are adapting, emerging and evolving independent of the hegemonic influence of the United States. For scholars of inter-American affairs and regionalism this book serves as an important touchstone summarizing the current state of affairs in Latin America. For the non-specialist and busy policy-maker it provides a clear, concise and sophisticated survey of the major regional processes and challenges that matter. should be read by generalists turning their attention to the Americas. (Sean Burges, International Affairs, Vol. 89 (2), March, 2013) Table of Contents:1. The Rise of Post-Hegemonic Regionalism in Latin America; Pia Riggirozzi and Diana Tussie.- 2. Reconstructing Regionalism in Latin America: What Does Development Have To Do With It?; Pia Riggirozzi.- 3. Consistency and Resilience through Cycles of Repolitization; Olivier Dabene.- 4. Infrastructure: Learning and Cooperation for the Provision of Regional Public Goods; Ricardo Carciofi.- 5. Defence in a Post Hegemonic Regional Agenda: The Case of the South American Defence Council; Jorge Battaglino.- 6. The Rise of Monetary Agreements in South America; Pablo Trucco.- 7. Socio-Environmental Regionalism in South America: Tensions in New Development Models; Marcelo Saguier.- 8. Regionalism and Civil Society: Bridging the Democratic Gap?; Andres Serbin).- 9. Moving Regions: Brazil s Global Emergence and the Redefinition of Latin American Borders; Andres Malamud.- 10. Postlude; Pia Riggirozzi and Diana Tussie.-"Review Quotes: From the reviews: Examine how regional projects in the Americas are adapting, emerging and evolving independent of the hegemonic influence of the United States. For scholars of inter-American affairs and regionalism this book serves as an important touchstone summarizing the current state of affairs in Latin America. For the non-specialist and busy policy-maker it provides a clear, concise and sophisticated survey of the major regional processes and challenges that matter. should be read by generalists turning their attention to the Americas. (Sean Burges, International Affairs, Vol. 89 (2), March, 2013)"Jacket Description/Back: 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? "Publisher Marketing: The focus of this edited volume is twofold: to better understand current regional transformations; and to discuss what new developments mean for how we theorize non-European regionalism and regionalist governance. The book provides an original and grounded analysis of post-hegemonic and post-trade arrangements in the areas of finance, security, development and civil society. By observing these points the authors hope to open a new space for an analysis of the transformative capacity and the political resilience of new regional spaces and institutional arrangements. Theoretically, by focusing on the question of post-trade regional governance we hope to challenge New Regionalist approaches that have usefully embraced issues beyond mainstream EU studies (in particular the links between the regional, the international and the local), yet had assumed regionalism as taking place within and modelled by neoliberal economics. The approach taken here supersedes the old categorizations of 'old' and 'new' regionalism to explain new realities that are not taking place within and modelled by neoliberal economics. The chapters will contribute to the analytical field of (comparative) regionalism by addressing new questions about how transformative post-hegemonic regionalism(s) are in terms of regional space and new polities. Finally, the collection is an open invitation to engage EU and other studies on regionalism as Latin America matters for the knowledge it can provide on pressing questions such as flexibility, the use of informal politics and power, and the continuing widening-versus-deepening debate understanding regionalism and regionalization for other regions of the world."

Contributor Bio:  Tussie, Diana Diana Tussie is senior research fellow at the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) in Argentina. She is coeditor (with David Glover) of The Developing Countries in World Trade: Policies and Bargaining Strategies (Lynne Rienner, 1993).