Latin American Unification: A History of Political and Economic Integration Efforts

by Salvador Rivera

Overview

This book investigates efforts to promote the political and economic unification of Latin America. Every generation in the region has known some effort toward these goals. There were four major stages. The first endeavors were undertaken by diplomats, the second by idealists, the third by technocrats and the fourth stage is now dominated by pro-unification political leaders. Efforts toward integration promote the economies and political stability of these countries--Latin Americans were among the first of the old "third world" people to advance such programs.

The political unification of Latin America has been stymied by the political class but this trend is currently being reversed with the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR). The recent accession of Venezuela after a grueling political-ideological struggle (examined in the book) has spurred other countries to seek full membership in the group. It is now the third largest trade bloc in the world and is continuing to grow.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476605692
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date:	01/23/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	308
File size:	1 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Salvador Rivera is a professor at the State University of New York. He lives in Cobleskill, New York.
Salvador Rivera is a professor at the State University of New York. He lives in Cobleskill, New York.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
I. Impediments to Political Union in Latin America
II. Revolution, Independence and Early Initiatives for Political Union
III. The First Diplomatic Effort: The Panama Congress
IV. Transfer to Tacubaya and the Defeat of the Treaty of Confederation
V. Other State-Directed Initiatives in the Nineteenth Century
VI. Idealists Take the Initiative
VII. Intellectual and Political Partisans of the Twentieth Century
VIII. 1948–1960: The Age of the ECLA and the Technocrats
IX. The Age of LAFTA
X. The United States and Latin American Integration
XI. MERCOSUR
Conclusion
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

A detailed, multifaceted account of efforts to stimulate integration of the economies in the region. Recommended”—Choice.

From the Publisher

A detailed, multifaceted account of efforts to stimulate integration of the economics in the region. Recommended

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