CIAO DATE: 9/99

The Americas In Transition
The Contours of Regionalism

Gordon Mace, Louis Bélanger,
and contributors

Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.

1999

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To the victims of Hurricane Mitch, November 1998

Table of Contents

 

Acknowledgments

1. Hemispheric Regionalism in Perspective
   Gordon Mace and Louis Bélanger

Part 1: The Regionalist Project and Its Environment

2. The Origins, Nature, and Scope of the Hemispheric Project
   Gordon Mace

3. The Structural Contexts of Hemispheric Regionalism: Power, Trade, Political Culture, and Economic Development
   Gordon Mace and Louis Bélanger

4. NAFTA and Mercosur: Two Competing Models?
   Ivan Bernier and Martin Roy

Part 2: Actors’ Strategies

5. U.S. Foreign Policy and the Regionalist Option in the Americas
   Louis Bélanger

6. From Warmth to Coolness: The U.S. Congress and the Free Trade Issue in the Americas, 1988–1996
   Bernard Lemelin

7. Brazil’s Alternative Vision
   Maria Regina Soares de Lima

8. Building Role and Region: Middle States and Regionalism in the Americas
   Louis Bélanger and Gordon Mace

9. The Organization of American States and Hemispheric Regionalism
   Guy Gosselin and Jean-Philippe Thérien

10. Business and Integration in the Americas: Competing Points of View
    Klaus Peter Fischer

11. Social Movements in the Americas: Regionalism from Below?
    André C. Drainville

Part 3: Conclusion

12. A Provisional Assessment
    Gordon Mace and Louis Bélanger

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

Bibliography

The Contributors

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