The Americas in Transition: The Contours of RegionalismThe FTA, Mercosur, the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative, NAFTA, the Summit of the Americas - do these constitute building blocks in the construction of a new regional system? This book explores that question, offering an assessment of the state of regionalism in the Americas. |
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Contents
The Origins Nature and Scope of the Hemispheric Project | 19 |
Two Competing Models? | 69 |
U S Foreign Policy and the Regionalist Option | 95 |
Free Trade Issue in the Americas 19881996 | 111 |
Brazils Alternative Vision | 133 |
Middle States | 153 |
Louis Bélanger and Gordon Mace | 175 |
A Provisional Assessment | 241 |
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations | 255 |
The Contributors | 281 |
About the Book 299 | |
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Page 273 - Europe, has cooperative relations with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States, and has observer status with the Organization of African Unity.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Americas in Transition: The Contours of Regionalism |
| Authors | Gordon Mace, Louis Bélanger |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1999 |
| ISBN | 1555877176, 9781555877170 |
| Length | 299 pages |
| Subjects | › › Political Science / International Relations / General |
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