Bulletin n. 2/2016 | ||
December 2016 | ||
De Lombaerde Philippe |
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Theorizing Latin American Regionalism in the 21st Century | ||
in Fédéralisme Régionalisme , Volume 16, 21st century Latin American regionalism in the spotlight , 2016 | ||
This short article takes the new developments in Latin American regionalism in the 21st century and the academic production which is derived from them as a starting point. The article reflects on some methodological aspects of this recent literature and explores possible pathways that could guide the research agenda in this area. It is argued that (i) the debate on Latin American regionalism could be better connected to the debates on the future of IR, (ii) a pragmatic and nuanced approach is needed with respect to the comparability of cases and to the location of Latin America and the EU in comparative regionalism, and (iii) the rich empirical material that is generated (or could be generated) by Latin American regionalisms is underutilized in analytical work that speaks to the global community of comparative regionalists. Full text available online at http://popups.ulg.ac.be/1374-3864/index.php?id=1644 | ||