1st Edition

The Europeanization of National Foreign Policies towards Latin America

Edited By Lorena Ruano Copyright 2013
264 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge

284 Pages
by Routledge

Who shapes the European Union’s policy towards Latin America? How has this EU policy modified individual member states’ relations with the region? This book provides a comparative account of seven member states’ bilateral links with Latin America since 1945, in the context of their EU membership and based on the concept of ‘Europeanization’. It illustrates how and why the main architects of... Read more

Introduction: Europeanization and National Foreign Policies towards Latin America, Lorena Ruano. Chapter 1. The Conceptual Framework, Lorena Ruano. Chapter 2. Spain: Double Track Europeanization and the Search for Bilateralism, José Antonio Sanahuja. Chapter 3. Germany: From Advocate to Bystander – and Back?, Bettina Trueb. Chapter 4. France: From Uploads to Disengagement, Georges Couffignal. Chapter 5. The United Kingdom: Semi-Detached Uploads, Lorena Ruano and Laurence Whitehead. Chapter 6. Sweden: From Original Profile to ‘Blending in,’ Rebecka Villanueva Ulfgard. Chapter 7. Poland: Download and the Development of a Policy, Piotr Maciej Kaczyński. Chapter 8. Ireland: Direct Download to Tentative Bilateralism, Peadar ó Broin. Conclusion: Changing Dynamics of Europeanization and National Policies towards Latin America, Lorena Ruano

Biography

Lorena Ruano is Jean Monnet Chair and Researcher at the Center for the Research and Teaching of Economics (CIDE), Mexico. 

"The book is highly recommended, not only for readers interested in relations between the European Union and Latin America, but also for those interested in European integration." - Mónica Velasco Pufleau