Cultural Movements and Social Actors in the New Regional Scenarios

The Case of Mercosur

Bibliographic Data

ID6299492
AuthorsE Jelin (0000-0002-9886-3714, Centro Científico Tecnológico - Tucumán, corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume22
Issue1
Pages85-98
Publication date2001-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Political Science Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0192-5121 • E-ISSN: 1460-373X
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0192512101221005
OpenAlexW2166585437
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited6

This article focuses on societal and cultural transformations that take place in the context of the process of regional integration in the case of Mercosur, and asks how these policies affect societal actors and movements as the policies of economic integration are advanced by governments and powerful economic actors from above. Rather than assuming a linear process of societal integration, the article explores how the Mercosur process is becoming a new framework for societal activities, implying a multiplication of international exchanges and contacts. Its analysis of the experience of border areas and of social movements suggests that the ongoing societal processes do not necessarily imply cooperation and integration. Often, new conflicts emerge, and the results may lead to strengthening, rather than to weakening, nationalisms

Context (archaeology · Economic system · Economics · Geography · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Process (computing · Regional Integration · Social movement · Sociology · International Development and Aid · International Relations in Latin America · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security

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