At the methodological level, a combination of hitherto unexamined documents and extensive interview material makes for a novel oral history approach to diplomatic studies.
GIAN LUCA GARDINI is the Deputy Director of the European Research Institute and lecturer in International Relations and Latin American Politics at the University of Bath, UK.
PART I: DIPLOMATIC INVESTIGATIONS AND HISTORICAL ANALYSIS Argentine-Brazilian Relations in Historical Perspective: From Ambivalence to Solidarity The Genesis of the Argentine-Brazilian Bilateral Integration (1983-1986) The genesis of Mercosur (1986-1991) PART II: POLITICAL INVESTIGATIONS AND THEORETICAL ANALYSIS Domestic Institutional Setting and Regionalization Government-business Relations in the Construction of Mercosur Democracy as a Foundational Idea of Integration