National political support for regional integration

The Andean Pact

Bibliographic Data

ID7300587
AuthorsElizabeth G Ferris, Elizabeth Ferris (0000-0001-8960-6823, corresponding author)
Year1979
Volume33
Issue1
Pages83-104
Publication date1979-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Organization (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-8183 • E-ISSN: 1531-5088
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0020818300000679
OpenAlexW2145602052
LanguageIT
Citations received3
References cited10

Little work has been done—on either a conceptual or an empirical level—in assessing the way in which national political support operates in the context of the regional integration scheme. The purpose of this study is to describe and explain patterns of national support for one regional integration scheme, the Andean Pact. It is suggested here that foreign policy behavior toward a regional integration scheme is not a simple, unidimensional type of behavior, but rather is a complex set of activities and attitudes directed toward specific programs of the regional integration scheme in the pursuit of specific economic development goals and limited by the constraints of resources. The policies of member governments toward the Andean Pact are clearly designed to satisfy national goals and needs. Although some governments have been willing to acquiesce in certain areas of national interest on occasion, by and large the Andean Pact members have consistently sought to further national interests through support of the Andean Pact as a whole

Context (archaeology · Foreign policy · Geography · Pact · Political science · Politics · Regional Integration · Work (physics · International Development and Aid · International Relations in Latin America · Law · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America

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