Table Of ContentRegionalism and
Governance in the Americas
Continental Drift
Edited by
Louise Fawcett and Mónica Serrano
Regionalism and Governance in the Americas
Also by Louise Fawcett
IRAN AND THE COLD WAR
REGIONALISM AND WORLD POLITICS (co-editor)
THE THIRD WORLD BEYOND THE COLD WAR (co-editor)
Also by Mónica Serrano
MEXICO AND THE NAFTA: WHO WILL BENEFIT? (co-editor)
TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY:
BUSINESS AS USUAL? (co-editor)
Regionalism and Governance
in the Americas
Continental Drift
Edited by
Louise Fawcett
Fellow and Lecturer in Politics,
St Catherine’s College, University of Oxford
and
Mónica Serrano
Professor of Politics, El Colegio de Mexico and
Associate Research Fellow,
Centre for International Studies, University of Oxford
Editorial Matter and Selection
' Louise Fawcett and Monica Serrano 2005
Individual Chapters (in order) ' Richard Feinberg, Louise Fawcett & Monica
Serrano, Monica Serrano, Louise Fawcett, Lorena Ruano, Diana Tussie &
Ignacio Lubaqui, Gustavo Vega-Cánovas, Blanca Torres, Roberto P.
Korzeniewicz & Wiliam C. Smith, Laurence Whitehead, Andrew Hurrell, David
Pion-Berlin, Neil S. MacFarlane & M ó nica Serrano, Monica Serrano 2005
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Regionalism and governance in the Americas: continental drift / edited by
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1. Regionalism—America. 2. Pan-Americanism. 3. Regionalism (International
organization) 4. United States—Foreign relations—Latin America. 5. Latin
America—Foreign relations—United States. I. Fawcett, Louise L Estrange.
II. Serrano, M nica.
JZ5331.R44 2005
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10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05
Contents
List of Tables vii
Notes on Contributors viii
Preface: Contextualizing US–Latin American Relations xii
Richard Feinberg
Acknowledgements xxi
Introduction xxii
Louise Fawcett and Mónica Serrano
1 Regionalism and Governance: a Critique 1
Mónica Serrano
Part I Continental Regionalisms
2 The Origins and Development of the Regional Idea in 25
the Americas
Louise Fawcett
3 The European Union and Regional Integration in the 52
Americas
Lorena Ruano
Part II From Free Trade to Economic Governance
in the Americas
4 The Free Trade Area of the Americas: the Hunt for the 69
Hemispheric Grand Bargain
Diana Tussie and Ignacio Labaqui
5 Regional Governance: the Case of Dispute Settlement 93
in NAFTA
Gustavo Vega-Cánovas
Part III The Politics of Transnational Civil Society
Opposition
6 Transnational Actors and NAFTA: the Search for 115
Coalitions on Labor and the Environment
Blanca Torres
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vi Contents
7 Transnational Civil Society Actors and Regional 135
Governance in the Americas: Elite Projects and Collective
Action from Below
Roberto P. Korzeniewicz and William C. Smith
Part IV Democracy and Hegemony: the Governance
of the Western Hemisphere
8 Democratization and Human Rights in the Americas: 159
Should the Jury Still be Out?
Laurence Whitehead
9 Hegemony and Regional Governance in the Americas 185
Andrew Hurrell
Part V Regional Governance and the Security of the
Americas
10 Sub-Regional Cooperation, Hemispheric Threat: Security 209
in the Southern Cone
David Pion-Berlin
11 Security Regulation or Community? Canada, Mexico, and 228
the Borders of Identity
Neil S. MacFarlane and Mónica Serrano
Conclusion: The Americas and Regional Dis-integration 256
Mónica Serrano
Index 279
List of Tables
4.1 Foreign Direct Investment inflows for Latin America and 87
the Carribean
5.1 Binational panel reviews under NAFTA Chapter 19, 101
1994–2003
5.2 Incidence of binational panel reviews under NAFTA 102
Chapter 19 by year, 1994–2003
5.3 Disposition of binational panel reviews under NAFTA 103
Chapter 19, 1994–2003
5.4 Subject of binational panel reviews under NAFTA 104
Chapter 19, 1994–2003
5.5 Industries initiating Chapter 19 binational panel reviews, 105
1994–2003
5.6 Inventory of Chapter 11 cases, 1994–2003 107
7.1 Convergence/divergence in regional civil society networks 138
7.2 Alternative institutional-political scenarios 150
7.3 Competing regionalist projects 151
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Notes on Contributors
Louise Fawcettis Lecturer in Politics at St Catherine’s College, Oxford
University. Her publications include Regionalism and World Politics(co-
editor Andrew Hurrell, 1996); The Third World Beyond the Cold War(co-
editor Yezid Sayigh, 2000); and, most recently, The International
Relations of the Middle East (2005). She is currently working on a co-
authored volume on The International Relations of the Developing World.
Richard Feinbergis Professor of International Political Economy at the
Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the
University of California, San Diego where he also heads the Asia Pacific
Economic Cooperation Center. Having previously acted as Director of
the Inter-American Dialogue, Richard Feinberg served as President
Clinton’s senior advisor on Latin America (1993–6) when he co-
founded the Leadership Council for Inter-American Summitry. He is
the author of many articles and books, including the analytical
memoirSummitry in the Americas: A Progress Report.
Andrew Hurrell is University Lecturer in International Relations and
Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford University. He is a leading authority
on both International Relations theory, with particular reference to law
and institutions, and the international relations of Latin America, with
particular reference to Brazil. Recent publications include Regionalism in
World Politics (co-editor Louise Fawcett); Inequality, Globalization and
World Politics (co-editor Ngaire Woods); Hedley Bull on International
Society(co-editors Rosemary Foot and John Gaddis); and Order and Justice
in International Relations(co-editors Rosemary Foot and John Gaddis).
Ignacio Labaqui is Assistant Professor of Latin America Politics and
International Relations at the Universidad Católica, Argentina. Holder
of an MSc from the London School of Economics, he has also been
Researcher for the Programme of International Economic Institutions
at FLASCO in Argentina.
Roberto Patricio Korzeniewiczis co-director, with William C. Smith,
of the Ford Foundation-sponsored research project on regional net-
works, and co-author with him of Latin America in the World Economy
viii
Notes on Contributors ix
(1996), as well as the author of many articles on globalization and
transnational social movements.
Neil MacFarlane is Lester B. Pearson Professor of International
Relations at the University of Oxford, Professorial Fellow at St Anne’s
College, and Director of Oxford University’s Centre for International
Studies. Before joining Oxford, he was Associate Professor of
Government and Director of the Centre for Russian and East European
Studies at the University of Virginia and Professor of Political Studies
and Director of the Centre for International Relations at Queen’s
University, Canada. Recent publications include “Political Interest and
Humanitarian Action” (2000, co-author Thomas G. Weiss), and an
Adelphi Paper on the Politics of Intervention. He is currently writing a
book on the concept of human security, and is co-editor of the journal
Global Governance.
David Pion-Berlin teaches at the University of California Riverside.
His major interests include Latin American politics, with particular ref-
erence to military political thought, civil military relations and citizen
security. He is a member of the editorial board of Comparative Political
Studiesand the author of numerous books and articles. His most recent
publications include Civil–Military Relations in Latin America: New
Analytical Perspectives(2001) and Through Corridors of Power: Institutions
and Civil–Military Relations in Argentina(1997).
Lorena Ruano is Research Professor at CIDE (el Centro de
Investigación y Docencia Económicas) Mexico, before which she was
Jean Monnet Fellow at the Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies of
the European University Institute. She received her DPhil. in
International Relations from Oxford University with a thesis on
“Institutions, the Common Agricultural Policy and the EC’s
Enlargement to Spain 1977–1986.”
Mónica Serrano is Professor of Politics at El Colegio de México and
Research Fellow at the Centre of International Studies, Oxford
University. She is the author of many articles on civil–military relations
and security in Latin America, narco-traffic and the conflict in
Colombia. Her book publications include Mexico and the NAFTA: Who
will Benefit?(co-editors Victor Bulmer-Thomas and Nikki Crase, 1994);
Transnational Organized Crime and International Security: Business as
Usual?(co-editor Mats Berdal, 2002). She is a member of the editorial
board of Global Governance.
