Introduction

This book is about Central American integration and analyses integration since its inception in the 1950s. Its main concern, however, is the process of reform via integration in the 1990s onwards. Integration is analysed from the perspective of international relations, focusing on intergovernmentalism as a theoretical framework. In other words, the focus is not customs union theory and its implication for intra-regional and international trade, which is a central concern of economic analyses of integration.