1st Edition

The Politics of Central American Integration

By Rafael A. Sánchez Sánchez Copyright 2009
248 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

Since its inception in the 1960s to the regional negotiations in the 1990s and onwards, Central American integration has been a process characterized by both dramatic advances and setbacks. This book provides a theoretical explanation of this ebb and flow, examining different stages including the military conflicts of the 1980s, the subsequent Esquipulas peace process, and the relaunch of... Read more

Introduction.  1. Intergovernmentalism in International Theory of Integration  2. States’ Preferences on Integration: The Cases of Costa Rica and El Salvador  3. The Establishing of the Central American Common Market (CACM)  4. Growth and Instability in the CACM  5. War and Disintegration in the CACM in the 1980s  6. Rebuilding Integration in the 1990s  7. Restructuring the CACM in the 1990s: The Move towards Open Regionalism  8. Concluding Chapter

Biography

Rafael A. Sánchez Sánchez is a London-based independent researcher and analyst on Central American issues.