Braz. political sci. rev.2024;18(1):e0002.
Is it Possible to Build an Analytical Framework for Regional Integration in the South? Insights from Brazilian Foreign Policy towards Mercosur
DOI: 10.1590/1981-3821202400010007
What challenges are posed for building analytical frameworks and empirical studies on regional integration processes in the South? The authors aim to contribute to this debate by producing a detailed empirical analysis of Brazil’s foreign policy regarding the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) and South American regional integration.
From a theoretical-methodological standpoint, the authors introduce an important innovation in this work, with a multilevel analysis of the Mercosur regional integration process, looking into the domestic, regional, and systemic levels.
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