Mercosur
A Failing Development Project
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4035248 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Mecham (Chatham House, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 369-387 |
| Publication date | 2003-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-5850 • E-ISSN: 1468-2346 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-2346.00313 |
| OpenAlex | W2108366577 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
Latin America is a developing region. Although it is different from other such regions it shares with them ‘the challenge of change’, particularly as a result of globalization. Its response has been to embrace democracy, neoliberal restructuring and ‘new (open) regionalism’. The ‘Common Market of the South’—Mercosur—was an important regional initiative involving Argentina and Brazil, and included in its various aims was the acceleration of ‘economic development with social justice’. This article explores to what extent development aims have been achieved and whether Mercosur is little more than a loose confederation of states unable to build institutional structures that could help development. To what extent is this the result of traditions that have entrenched elites and prevented a more egalitarian approach? Has the law generally failed its citizens? Or does it have a place in development? The article begins by briefly considering the concept of ‘development’ and seeks to place Latin America within the ‘developmental framework’ and questions whether there is a distinct Latin American development tradition. Within that tradition, and in the context of the ‘inter-American system’ and globalization, the development of Mercosur is assessed both in terms of institution building and legal traditions. Finally, some preliminary conclusions are drawn about Mercosur's future and the extent to which institutional and other constraints have contributed to Mercosur falling short of its devleopmental potential
Context (archaeology) · Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Geography · Globalization · Institution · Latin Americans · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Regionalism (politics) · Restructuring · Sociology · International Relations in Latin America · Law · World Trade Organization Law
Active European Union Influence
Passive European Union Influence
Robustness Checks
European Union Diffusion and Other Regional Organizations
Revisiting Regional Institution Building
Explaining the European Union’s Interorganizational Influence on Other Regional Organizations
The Scope of European Union Influence
Theorizing Interorganizational Influence from the European Union
The Dependent Variable ‘RO institutionalization’
Summary Statistics
Interorganizational Diffusion in International Relations
The governance of higher education regionalisation
The challenges of economic integration in Latin America
Prospects for deepening Mercosur integration
Clinging together
Citizenship and governance in Mercosur
Stability for Development, Development for Stability
Democratization and Ideational Diffusion
Institutional Change in Europe
The Institutional Identity of Regional Organizations, Or Mercosur’s Identity Crisis1
| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,95 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2021 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |