Challenges for Building Regional Integration in the Global South

Tullo Vigevani is Emeritus Professor of Political Science and International Relations at São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil. He has published articles in Journals of many countries (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico, China, Israel, United States, Italy, France, etc) chapters and 14 books, as author or editor. He is a Researcher at the Center for Contemporary Culture Studies (CEDEC) and at the National Institute of Science and Technology for Studies of the United States(INCT-INEU). He participates in numerous Editorial Boards. His most frequent subjects of research are regional integration, Brazilian foreign policy, United States and Internationa l Trade Regimes.Haroldo Ramanzini Junior is an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU), Brazil and a Researcher at the Center for Contemporary Culture Studies (CEDEC) and at the National Institute of Science and Technology for Studies of the United States(INCT-INEU). In 2017-2018 he was a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Kennedy School. His research interests focus on Brazilian Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy Analysis, Comparative Regionalism and International Institutions.

• Chapter 1: Latin American integration: a Brazilian view.- Chapter 2: Brazilian thought and regional integration in the 20th century.- Chapter 3: The role of regional integration for Brazil: autonomy, universalism, and the elite´s perception.- Chapter 4: The social Mercosur.- Chapter 5: The Mercosur structural dimension: economic and political/diplomatic features.- Chapter 6: Mercosur, Unasul, and CELAC relations.- Final considerations: What is the future of the Mercosur? Where did it come from, where is it, and where is it headed? Main challenges.