Why regionalism has failed in Latin America: lack of stateness as an important factor for failure of sovereignty transfer in integration projects



Título del documento: Why regionalism has failed in Latin America: lack of stateness as an important factor for failure of sovereignty transfer in integration projects
Revista: Contexto internacional
Base de datos: CLASE
Número de sistema: 000399903
ISSN: 0102-8529
Autores: 1
Instituciones: 1Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Relaciones Internacionales, Bogotá. Colombia
Año:
Periodo: Jul-Dic
Volumen: 35
Número: 2
Paginación: 443-469
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico, descriptivo
Resumen en inglés This paper shows, from an interdisciplinary perspective, the incidence of lack of "stateness" and its construction process in Latin American states, as well as showing the reluctance on the part of Latin American states to transfer sovereignty to regional integrational organizations. First, classical and contemporary ideas of sovereignty are contrasted, in order to understand the development of the sovereignty concept in Latin America and Europe. Second, we interpret how the sovereignty concept has been conceived through Latin American states' formation process. Third, the sovereignty process is adressed within integration thinking and its three big waves: the developmental, neoliberal and post-hegemonic waves. Fourth, the concept of sovereignty in Latin America and its impact on the region are discussed critically. Fifth, current regionalism perspectives are explained. Sixth, the current relationship between sovereignty and regionalization in South America is described. And finally, throughout this paper, we maintain that it is the weakness of "stateness" in the Latin American states which has had an important influence on their reluctance to transfer national sovereignty to regional integration institutions
Disciplinas: Relaciones internacionales
Palabras clave: Política internacional,
América Latina,
Regionalismo,
Soberanía,
Integración regional,
Estados miembros,
Gobernanza
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