Gardini GL (2010)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2010
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
Book Volume: 29
Pages Range: 224-237
Journal Issue: 2
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-9856.2009.00316.x
This article explores the role of the Argentine and Brazilian parliaments during the formative years of Mercosur with the aim of assessing how the specific model of 'limited democracy' may have had an impact on the course and shape of Mercosur. Although that integration process was essentially a governmental exercise, with only a marginal role for congresses, this article argues that this does not constitute in itself either a violation of constitutional provisions in the member states or a geographical anomaly compared to other constitutional traditions or to incipient integration processes elsewhere. Yet, perhaps ironically, the conclusion suggests that democratic limitations have fostered, rather than hampered, integration in the Southern Cone of Latin America. © 2009 The Author. Journal compilation © 2009 Society for Latin American Studies.
APA:
Gardini, G.L. (2010). Executive-Legislature Relations in Foreign Policy: A case study in incipient regional integration. Bulletin of Latin American Research, 29(2), 224-237. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1470-9856.2009.00316.x
MLA:
Gardini, Gian Luca. "Executive-Legislature Relations in Foreign Policy: A case study in incipient regional integration." Bulletin of Latin American Research 29.2 (2010): 224-237.
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