A History of the FTAA [electronic resource] : From Hegemony to Fragmentation in the Americas /
Nelson, Marcel.author.
Providing a critical account of the collapse of the FTAA negotiations and alterations to power relations in the Americas, this book argues that the collapse was rooted in a "crisis of authority" prompted by growing opposition in the Americas to US leadership and the neo-liberal reforms that had been promoted by Washington since the 1980s.
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A History of the FTAA: From Hegemony to Fragmentation in the Americas; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; PART I: Theoretical Framework; Introduction; Literature Review; The Arguments; Chapter Outline; Chapter 1: Gramsci, Hegemony, and Global Governance; The Limits of the Neo-Gramscian Approach to Hegemony; A Reexamination of Gramsci; Conclusion; PART II: The Evolution of the FTAA Negotiations; Chapter 2: The FTAA Negotiations: Context and History; The Crisis of Authority in the Americas
Setting the Stage for the FTAA: From Import Substitution Industrialization to Free-Market Orthodoxy in Latin AmericaThe FTAA Negotiations:The Preparatory Stage; Conclusion; PART III: Case Studies; Chapter 3: Venezuela and the Evolution of the FTAA; "Venezuelan Exceptionalism":A Historical Analysis; The First Phase of Venezuela's Negotiation of the FTAA; Ideology and Foreign Policy in the Early Years of the Fifth Republic; Chavez and the FTAA; The Venezuelan Challenge to the FTAA; Conclusion; Chapter 4: Brazil and the FTAA Negotiations; Brazil as a "Subimperial" Power
Brazil's Role during the Preparatory Phase of the FTAA NegotiationsCardoso and the Launch of the FTAA Negotiations; Brazil and the FTAA in the Wake of the Exchange Crisis; Continuity and Change in Brazil's Foreign Policy; Conclusion; PART IV: Regionalism after the FTAA; Chapter 5: Regionalism in the Americas after the FTAA; Contextualizing Contemporary Regionalism in Latin America; The United States and Latin America; Latin American Regionalism in the Wake of the FTAA; Conclusion; Conclusion; Future Research Agenda; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Providing a critical account of the collapse of the FTAA negotiations and alterations to power relations in the Americas, this book argues that the collapse was rooted in a "crisis of authority" prompted by growing opposition in the Americas to US leadership and the neo-liberal reforms that had been promoted by Washington since the 1980s.
Free Trade Area of the Americas (Organization)
International organization.
International relations.
Latin America—Politics and government.
Political science.
International economics.
Area studies.
International Organization.
International Relations.
Latin American Politics.
Political Science.
International Economics.
Area Studies.