02989oam 2200625I 450 991080709060332120230725025659.01-136-93299-21-136-93300-X1-282-93039-797866129303930-203-84625-710.4324/9780203846254 (CKB)2670000000059190(EBL)589600(OCoLC)692197538(SSID)ssj0000425592(PQKBManifestationID)12165422(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000425592(PQKBWorkID)10369828(PQKB)10107983(MiAaPQ)EBC589600(Au-PeEL)EBL589600(CaPaEBR)ebr10433350(CaONFJC)MIL293039(EXLCZ)99267000000005919020180706d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe political economy of integration the experience of Mercosur /Jeffrey W. CasonNew York :Routledge,2011.1 online resource (167 p.)Routledge studies in the modern world economy ;83Description based upon print version of record.0-415-74615-9 0-415-77885-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Table of contents; Tables and figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Understanding integration: The European model and a South American case; 2 Along-standing dream: Historical experience with regional integration in Latin America; 3 The launching of Mercosur; 4 Mercosur's day in the sun; 5 Mercosur in slow-motion crisis; 6 The future of Mercosur and the challenges of economic integration in the developing world; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThis book assesses South America's most ambitious attempt at economic integration, Mercosur. It explains the main-and inherent-weaknesses of the integration effort, through explicit comparison with the European experience with integration. Jeffrey Cason argues that the three main reasons for Mercosur's limited success are weak domestic political institutions in the member countries, vulnerability in the global political economy, and a serious imbalance in the economic and political weight of the member countries. In addition to providing this overarching explanation for MercosRoutledge studies in the modern world economy ;83.International economic integrationEuropean Union countriesEconomic integrationSouth AmericaEconomic integrationInternational economic integration.337.1/8Cason Jeffrey W.617027FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910807090603321The political economy of integration4116271UNINA