The European Union, Mercosul and the New World Order

by Jaguaribe,Helio

• ISBN13: 9780714654058
• ISBN10: 0714654051
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-06-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This volume, to which various prominent European and Latin American scholars have contributed, provides critical insight into the politics and economics of relations between the EU and Latin America, particularly Mercosul, and on the significance of such relations for multilateralism and the international order. The events of 11 September shed new light on the analyses provided, and give even more credence to the point made in many chapters regarding the serious obstacles to the creation of an international order firmly based on universally accepted norms and rules in which regional groupings would play a greater role. The book provides a timely reminder of just how important less politically visible but consistent efforts at multilaterally focused regional integration projects can be to counteracting the force of unilateral action and zero-sum power politics.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors	vii
Foreword by Pierre Hassner	xi
Preface	xvi
Helio Jaguaribe and Alvaro de Vasconcelos
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms	xviii
1 General Introduction	1	(28)
Helio Jaguaribe
2 The European Union and the New Multilateralism	29	(17)
Alvaro de Vasconcelos
3 Europe, Mercosul and Transatlantic Relations: A British Perspective	46	(13)
Charles Grant
4 Multilateralism, Regionalism, and the Prospect for International Order: A View from Germany and Europe	59	(11)
Christoph Bertram
5 Mercosul: Beyond 2000	70	(32)
Ricardo Andrés Markwald
6 The International Political Role of Mercosul II	102	(37)
Samuel Pinheiro Guimarães
7 Globalisation, Argentina and Mercosul	139	(25)
Aldo Ferrer
8 Mercosul: An Interpretation of the Past and a View to the Future	164	(16)
Carlos Pérez Llana
9 Brazil in a Globalising World	180	(25)
Amaury de Souza
10 Brazilian Foreign Policy at the Beginning of the Twenty-first Century	205	(29)
Clodoaldo Hugueney
11 Conclusion	234	(7)
Helio Jaguaribe and Alvaro de Vasconcelos
Index	241