Development in Latin America : conceptualizing economic change in the region -- Historical legacies : patterns of unequal and unstable growth -- Import substitution industrialization : looking inward for the source of economic growth -- Latin America's debt crisis : the limits of external...

The processes of democratization and regionalization in South America ran parallel to one another between 1985 and 1991. However, the nature of this relationship is by no means clear. This book explores the diplomatic history of the formation of Mercosur and analyzes the precise place of...