Has Regionalism Peaked? The Latin American Quagmire and its Lessons

Malamud, Andrés; Gardini, Gian Luca

doi:10.1080/03932729.2012.655013

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“…This tendency leads to "overlapping," or a situation in which a large number of organizations share the same interests and objectives. Even though there is no consensus on the nature and level of the impact of overlapping on the general dynamics of Latin American integration (see Nolte and Comini 2016, 547-549), authors such as Malamud and Gardini (2012) and Portales (2016) claim that it causes divisions and serious problems of coordination. In the same vein, Altmann argues that "Latin America is not only fragmented, but also fractured and weakened…”

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Social Group Dynamics and Patterns of Latin American Integration Processes

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2017

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Dinámicas de grupos sociales y procesos de integración en América LatinaR E S U M E N | Este artículo propone incorporar elementos de la psicología social a las perspectivas tradicionales de la ciencia política y de las relaciones internacionales para explicar las dinámicas contradictorias de los procesos de la integración latinoamericana. Mediante un análisis teórico, responde al desafío planteado por Dabène (2009) para explicar la "resiliencia" de la agenda integracionista en la región a pesar de su "inestabilidad y crisis". El principal argumento consiste en considerar a Latinoamérica como una comunidad, y sus organizaciones regionales, como "grupos sociales". Como conclusión, se plantea que tres fenómenos definidos por la psicología social, específicamente por la psicología social de grupos, permiten esclarecer estos patrones contradictorios: el valor del grupo y el vínculo emocional; el pensamiento grupal; y la disonancia cognitiva. T E M A S V A R I O SDinâmicas de grupos sociais e processos de integração na América Latina R E S U M O | Este artigo propõe incorporar elementos da psicologia social às perspectivas tradicionais da ciência política e das relações internacionais para explicar as dinâmicas contraditórias dos processos de integração latino-americana. Mediante uma análise teórica, responde ao desafio proposto por Dabène (2009) para explicar a "resiliência" da agenda integracionista na região apesar da sua "instabilidade e crise". O principal argumento consiste em considerar a América Latina como uma comunidade e suas organizações regionais como "grupos sociais". Como conclusão, propõem-se que três fenômenos definidos pela psicologia social, particularmente pela psicologia social de grupos, permitem esclarecer essas contradições: o valor do grupo e a vinculação emocional; o pensamento grupal e a dissonância cognitiva.PA L AV R A S -C H AV E | América Latina, psicologia social, integração, relações internacionais (Thesaurus); regionalismo, comunidade latino-americana, dinâmicas de grupos sociais (Autor)

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Section: Multiplication Of Organizations Rather Than Consolidation Ofmentioning

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Social Group Dynamics and Patterns of Latin American Integration Processes

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“…Its self-declared aims have become more political and less economic. At the same time, its advances in the creation of a common market have been quite modest (Malamud 2010;Malamud and Gardini 2012). Some member countries want a modification of the rules to permit bilateral free trade agreements with third countries, which would ultimately result in the perforation or even abolishment of Mercosur's common external tariff.…”

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“…Contrary to Riggirozzi and Tussie's (2012b) mostly positive view of current trends, Malamud and Gardini (2012) take a more critical view of the proliferation of regional organizations. They state that "the presence of segmented and overlapping regionalist projects is not a manifestation of successful integration but, on the contrary, signals the exhaustion of its potential" (Malamud and Gardini 2012: 117).…”

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“…While Malamud and Gardini (2012) focus on the risks, the proliferation and overlapping of regional organizations might also have positive aspects. From a more general perspective based on European experiences, Hofmann and Mérand (2012) argue in favour of differentiated multilateral cooperation and "institutional elasticity", which can foster peaceful and stable interstate relations within a region and minimize the risk of zero-sum politics.…”

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Latin America's New Regional Architecture: A Cooperative or Segmented Regional Governance Complex?

Nolte

2014

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“…The way Brazil defines the region is fuzzy since it has first encompassed all of the Western Hemisphere, then Latin America, and today just the South American subcontinent according to how Brazil's interests were defined in a given historical period (Malamud and Gardini 2012;Spektor 2010). More significantly, its inner core -i.e.…”

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Managing Security in a Zone of Peace: Brazil's Soft Approach to Regional Governance

Malamud

Alcañiz

2014

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The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), created in 1992 and directed by Stefano Bartolini since September 2006, aims to develop inter-disciplinary and comparative research and to promote work on the major issues facing the process of integration and European society.The Centre is home to a large post-doctoral programme and hosts major research programmes and projects, and a range of working groups and ad hoc initiatives. The research agenda is organised around a set of core themes and is continuously evolving, reflecting the changing agenda of European integration and the expanding membership of the European Union. The Global Governance Programme at the EUIThe Global Governance Programme (GGP) is research turned into action. It provides a European setting to conduct research at the highest level and promote synergies between the worlds of research and policy-making, to generate ideas and identify creative and innovative solutions to global challenges.The GGP comprises three core dimensions: research, policy and training. Diverse global governance issues are investigated in research strands and projects coordinated by senior scholars, both from the EUI and from other internationally recognized top institutions. The policy dimension is developed throughout the programme, but is highlighted in the GGP High-Level Policy Seminars, which bring together policy-makers and academics at the highest level to discuss issues of current global importance.The Academy of Global Governance (AGG) is a unique executive training programme where theory and "real world" experience meet. Young executives, policy makers, diplomats, officials, private sector professionals and junior academics, have the opportunity to meet, share views and debate with leading academics, top-level officials, heads of international organisations and senior executives, on topical issues relating to governance.For more information: http://globalgovernanceprogramme.eui.eu AbstractBrazil's home region has two peculiarities: first, it is essentially fuzzy as its extension and membership have changed overtime; second, regardless of its limits, its inner core has been characterized by a long period of interstate peace. These factors have led to two outcomes: first, high politics has been conducted through diplomatic rather than military means; second, region-building has remained under the strictest control of the governments rather than becoming self-sustaining. Regional public goods have been mostly defined on the negative, especially as the avoidance of negative externalities, and only recently has Brazil started to invest in the creation of a governance framework that keep extraregional powers away. Yet, structural limitations and instrumental constraints have limited Brazilian efforts and turned South America into a still peaceful but increasingly divergent sub-region. Through an analysis of institutional overlap and policy networks, especially regarding nuclear energy and the environment, this paper shows that Brazil's low, late and soft in...

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Has Regionalism Peaked? The Latin American Quagmire and its Lessons

Cited by 128 publications

References 14 publications

Social Group Dynamics and Patterns of Latin American Integration Processes

Social Group Dynamics and Patterns of Latin American Integration Processes

Latin America's New Regional Architecture: A Cooperative or Segmented Regional Governance Complex?

Managing Security in a Zone of Peace: Brazil's Soft Approach to Regional Governance

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