1st Edition

Latin America and the Shifting Sands of Globalization

Edited By Sean W. Burges Copyright 2015
146 Pages
by Routledge

146 Pages
by Routledge

Latin America occupies an increasingly prominent position within the global political, economic and cultural consciousness, with intra-regional governance structures and multilateral processes now a key topic of interest to foreign policy and international business circles. It has become abundantly clear that outside of Latin America there is a poor understanding of how the shifting sands of... Read more

Introduction Sean W Burges

1. The Rise and Decline of the Summit of the Americas Thomas Legler

2. Institutionalising a radical region? The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America R. Guy Emerson

3. Post-Liberal Regionalism in Latin America and the Influence of Hugo Chávez Tom Chodor and Anthea McCarthy-Jones

4. Spillover Effects and Supranational Parliaments: The Case of Mercosur Andrés Malamud and Clarissa Dri

5. China’s Social Engagement Programs in Latin America Adrian H. Hearn

6. Implications of the Global and Regional Changes for Argentina’s Foreign Relations Roberto Russell and Juan Gabriel Tokatlian

7. When Trade Policy is Not Enough: Opportunities and Challenges for Chile’s International Insertion Lorena Oyarzún

8. Mistaking Brazil for a Middle Power Sean W Burges

Biography

Sean W. Burges is Lecturer in International Relations at the Australian National University, Australia, and Senior Associate of the Australian National Centre for Latin American Studies, Australia. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs and is author of Brazilian Foreign Policy After the Cold War (2009).