Politics of Regional Integration in Latin America

OLIVIER DABÈNE is Professor of Political Science at the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po), France..

• PART I: ONE HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL GUIDELINE PART II: POLITICAL INSTRUMENTALIZATION OF REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION Resolving Regional Crises Crisis and Regional Integration Building a Collective Defense of Democracy PART III: DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF INSTITUTIONS Institutional Isomorphism Scope and Level of Integration. Explaining a Mismatch PART IV: DEMOCRATIZING REGIONAL INTEGRATION The Parliamentary Option Integration from Below Integration and Common Goods PART V: THE CONTENTIOUS POLITICS OF INTEGRATION Regional Multilevel Governance in the Americas?