Brazil and regional integration in South America

Lessons from the EU's crisis

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ID5681132
AutoresElena Lazarou (University of Cambridge)
Ano2013
Volume35
Fascículo2
Páginas353-385
Data de publicação2013-12-01
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoContexto Internacional (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0102-8529 • E-ISSN: 1982-0240
EditoraFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0102-85292013000200002
OpenAlexW2110349014
SciELOS0102-85292013000200002
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas15

This paper introduces the idea of the EU as a 'model' of regional integration, linking it to the literature on Europe as a normative power. The second part discusses the influence of the EU model on regional cooperation and integration in South America. In particular, it focuses on the discursive use of the model in Brazilian foreign policy during the two tenures of President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva as a dominant rhetoric for the promotion of regional integration, especially in the case of the Mercado Común del Sur(Common Market of the South, MERCOSUR) and the Unión de Naciones Suramericanas (Union of South American Nations, UNASUR). The last part looks at the impact of the financial crisis on the 'deconstruction' of this ideal model of European integration and attempts to discern how this will influence the future discourse on regional cooperation integration in South America, and primarily in Brazil. To illustrate the shift that has occurred in Brazilian views of regionalism, this part also discusses the Brazilian support of a new form of regional integration, as embodied in the creation of CELAC, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States

Economics · Economy · European union · Financial Integration · Financial market · International trade · Latin Americans · Normative · Political science · Politics · Regional Integration · Regionalism (politics · Rhetoric · Soft power · European Union Policy and Governance · International Development and Aid · International Relations in Latin America

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