Abstract
The South-American integration is identified in this work by the regional compromises assumed throughout the 1990’s. These regional compromises were launched during the 7th Rio Group Summit Meeting in October 1993. This initial moment was followed by South-American President Summit Meetings (2000, 2002, 2004), by the Initiative for the South-American Infrastructure Integration (IIRSA, 2000), by the South-American Nations Community (Casa, 2005) and by the South-American Nations Union (Unasul, 2007) creation. This work analyzes this process taking as a parameter the conditions and the mechanisms indicated by institutionalist analyses as a very important means for integration process success such as regional asymmetries and internal stability. We conclude that these two conditions are the most problematic in the South-American case. They pose obstacles to the progress of the others conditions. This present work preliminary evaluation permits affirming that the integration process will be longer and more roving that it should. This is due to the process being in its initial mechanism implementation, and basic conditions generation phases.
Highlights
The South-American integration is identified in this work by the regional compromises assumed throughout the 1990’s
Porto Alegre, v. 10, n. 1, p. 11-22, jan.-abr. 2010 others conditions. This present work preliminary evaluation permits affirming that the integration process will be longer and more roving that it should
This is due to the process being in its initial mechanism implementation, and basic conditions generation phases
Summary
The South-American integration is identified in this work by the regional compromises assumed throughout the 1990’s. Trabalha-se centralmente com conceitos relativos às condições necessárias para o sucesso dos processos de integração, desenvolvidos por Karl Deutsch e por Joseph Nye. Embora concordemos com a definição de integração feita por Ernest Haas (1961), segundo a qual a integração conduz, em última instância, à sujeição dos estados a instâncias institucionais mais amplas, às quais diferentes agentes de diversas nacionalidades transferem, mediante incentivos, suas lealdades, entendemos que ela se reporta muito mais a situações já consolidadas de integração do que a processos que, por mais avançados que estejam, não permitem inferir desfechos prováveis.
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