Citizenship and governance in Mercosur: Arguments for a social agenda

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A neglected dimension of the debate about post national citizenship focusing on the articulation of citizenship demands at the level of the region is examined. The consequences of excluding issues of citizenship, rights and welfare from the agenda of regionalism, are explored highlighting in particular the possibility of societal rejection, if region building remains empty of social meaning.

Analysis, Welfare economics, Citizenship

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EU FTA negotiations with SADC and Mercosur: integration into the world economy or market access for EU firms?

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The difference in the conceptions regarding the methods of integration into the world economy between the European Union and its partners is examined. For European Union, integration means trade liberalization but for its partners it means increasing industrial production and exports of manufactured products.

Europe, International economic relations, Economic aspects, International aspects, Negotiation, mediation and arbitration, European Union, Commercial treaties, Trade agreements, Southern African Development Community, International economic integration, Economic integration

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(Mis)constructing the third world?: constructivity analysis of norm diffusion

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The independent casual role of norms, focusing on norm diffusion from the international level to national policy makers, is analyzed and outlined by mainstream constructivists. A handful of constructivist works that serves more directly to the Third World are examined.

Political aspects

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