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Differentiation theory and the ontologies of regionalism in Latin America

Publication Name: 
Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional
Volume, number, page: 
60:1, pp.1-21
Year of Publication: 
2017
Author(s): 
KLEINSCHMIDT Jochen
GALLEGO PÉREZ Pablo
Organization Name: 
Instituto Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais
Acronym: 
IBRI
Publisher: 
Instituto Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais
City: 
Brasilia
Country of Publication: 
Brazil
Full Date: 
2017
ISBN or ISSN: 
0034-7329
Considered Countries: 
Brazil
Category: 
Academic articles
Theme: 
Country - LAC
Agreements
Association Agreeements
Strategic Partnerships
Government
Keyword(s): 
Regional Integration
Economic integration policy
Latin America
Differentiation Theory
International Relations Theory
Regionalism
CELAC
Unasur
ALBA
Mercosur
SICA
LAFTA
CAN
ASEAN
Abstract: 
In this article, we argue that conventional understandings of regional integration based on neo-functionalism, hitherto often used to describe the diverse projects of Latin American regionalism, are of limited utility in that context. Rather than representing processes of economic or political unification, the various regionalisms could be understood more productively as a reaction to the crisis in legitimacy that social orders in the region have experienced under the conditions of globalized modernity.
We then deploy an understanding of regionalism derived from sociological differentiation theory in order to advance this argument.
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