ABSTRACT

Regionalism in Latin America and the Caribbean has experienced transformations over the last few years. After more than a decade of a hegemonic model based solely on free-market principles, the regional and global transformation that occurred in the first decade of the new millennium modified the way of understanding economic development and the insertion of regional blocs in global affairs. Old initiatives have been reconsidered, new schemes have emerged, and new principles going beyond trade issues have modified the norms and processes of regional economic integration. This book reviews these recent transformations to depict and explain the new trends shaping regional blocs and cooperation in the Americas.

chapter |15 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|25 pages

The renewal of U.S. “free trade” diplomacy in the Americas

From NAFTA to a deeper agenda of “competitive liberalization” for the region

chapter 3|16 pages

From open regionalism to neo-extractivism

A new geography of trade in Latin America?

chapter 4|26 pages

Latin America beyond the continental divide

Open regionalism and post-hegemonic regionalism co-existence in a changing region

chapter 5|26 pages

Beyond the Pacific–Atlantic divide

Latin American regionalism before a new cycle

chapter 6|16 pages

Resilient or declining?

Mercosur and the future of post-neoliberal regionalism in Latin America

chapter 7|18 pages

The Pacific Alliance and the construction of a new economic regime?

Lights and shadows of the renewal of open regionalism 1

chapter 8|15 pages

Regionalism in Central America

An “all-in” strategy

chapter |7 pages

Conclusions