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THE TECHNOLOGY OF LATIN AMERICAN REGIONAL INTEGRATION
by
Alberto Daniel Cimadamore
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS)
May 2007
Copyright 2007 Alberto Daniel Cimadamore
Object Description
| Title | The technology of Latin American regional integration |
| Author | Cimadamore, Alberto Daniel |
| Author email | cimadamo@mail.retina.ar |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | International Relations |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2007-02-20 |
| Date submitted | 2007 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2007-05-01 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Lowenthal, Abraham F. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Odell, John S. Hamilton, Nora |
| Abstract | The purpose of this dissertation is to inquire about the conditions for success and failure of the two most relevant integration processes in Latin America: the LAFTA in the 1960s and the MERCOSUR in the 1990s. Why did the LAFTA fail whereas the MERCOSUR succeed in making up a free trade area (FTA) and an imperfect customs union (CU)? This dissertation aims to address these issues by focusing on the so called integration technology, i.e., the use of means and mechanisms to achieve the purposes set in the formal instruments (Treaties) of these regional and sub-regional integration initiatives.; The expanded hypothesis asserts that an automatic, generalized technology (as used in MERCOSUR) is more effective in achieving a FTA than a technology focused on controlling the pace of integration through product by product negotiation (as in LAFTA). A gradual, product by product process of negotiation in the early stages of the integration process, when the costs of this process are high for certain sectors, enables these sectors, or their agents, to intervene in the process to reverse it or slow it down, whereas an automatic generalized process minimizes the possibilities for such intervention.; The research finds a direct relation between the variables included in the hypothesis. This means that the more efficient the technological instrument performance, the more chances for success to free the regional market and cause a spillover effect leading to deepen the integration process. In contrast, where a technological deficit was detected in the market opening instruments, no significant advances were seen in the level of sustainability of the integration process. The cases under review show that the automatic and generalized mechanisms of intra-area trade liberalization or market extension are relatively more efficient that those focused on controlling the opening pace (e.g., product by product negotiation typical of LAFTA.). |
| Keyword | economic integration; Latin America |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m472 |
| Rights | Cimadamore, Alberto Daniel |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Cimadamore-20070501 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume40/etd-Cimadamore-20070501.pdf |
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| Full text | THE TECHNOLOGY OF LATIN AMERICAN REGIONAL INTEGRATION by Alberto Daniel Cimadamore A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS) May 2007 Copyright 2007 Alberto Daniel Cimadamore |
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