Area Handbook for Argentina

Area Handbook for Argentina
Author: Thomas E. Weil
Publisher:
Total Pages: 422
Release: 1974
Genre: Argentina
ISBN:

General study of Argentina - includes historical and geographical aspects, demographic aspects and social structures, ethnic groups, the educational system, culture, living conditions, the political system, international relations, the economic structure (agriculture, industry, etc.), internal security and administration of justice, the armed forces, etc. Bibliography pp. 343 to 380, maps and statistical tables.

International Election Monitoring, Sovereignty, and the Western Hemisphere

International Election Monitoring, Sovereignty, and the Western Hemisphere
Author: Arturo Santa-Cruz
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2013-10-14
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1135483965

This book traces the process by which national elections became international events or, more precisely, what the effects of this process are on state sovereignty. Contrary to the conventional wisdom in International Relations - to judge by the neglect of this phenomenon in the literature - this book argues that the study of IEM does not belong only in the field of comparative politics. As a system-wide phenomenon, IEM should not be restricted to the study of purely domestic politics or of foreign policy. This book contends that sovereignty has been partially transformed by the recent emergence of IEM. Furthermore, the author locates the origins of this change in the Americas, claiming that the western hemisphere's normative structure - what Santa-Cruz calls the Western Hemisphere Idea (WHI) - was particularly conducive to this new understanding of state sovereignty. This is the first work to engage the issue of IEM in a comprehensive manner from a theoretical perspective. International Election Monitoring, Sovereignty, and the Western Hemisphere covers a broad and relevant scholarly literature, and the cases comparisons widen the book's appeal, since they illustrate a useful range of experience.

South American Free Trade Area or Free Trade Area of the Americas?

South American Free Trade Area or Free Trade Area of the Americas?
Author: Mario Esteban Carranza
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2017-11-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 135175338X

This title was first published in 2000: This work examines the hemispheric diplomacy after the Summits of the America in Miami (December 1994) and Santiago (April 1998), focusing on the strengthening of the South American position in the FTAA negotiations and the Brazilian proposal for a South American Free Trade Area (SAFTA). The book also looks at the implications of the preceding analysis for regional integration theory and international relations theory. The conclusion looks beyond "open regionalism" and considers three scenarios for US-South American relations after the Santiago Summit. First reassertion of US hegemony and signing of an FTAA agreement on schedule, second, erosion of US hegemony but continuing negotiations between North and South America for a "distant" FTAA, and finally, breakdown of the FTAA negotations and emergence of SAFTA as an alternative to the FTAA.