SPECIAL ISSUE
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Carducci Michele
    Le integrazioni regionali dell’America latina: fra “pre-teorie” dell’integrazione, filosofie costituzionali europee e universalismo costituzionale latino
    in Eunomia , Anno IV, n.s., n. 1 ,  2015 ,  319-366
    The article examines the characteristics of “multilevel regionalism” in Latin America and its differences in comparison with the processes of European integration. The comparison between the two experiences highlights a paradox. On the one hand, the Latin American integration seems to imitate theories and processes developed in Europe. In this perspective, the supranational institutions in Latin America seem to be based on praesumptio similitudinis between all processes of supra-nationalism. On the other hand, the comparison shows that this institutional and functional similarity does not exist. In fact, in Latin America prevails a logic “Pick and Choose” in the construction of supra-nationality. Consequently, latin american “multilevel regionalism” operates inconsistently and with many weaknesses. Full text available online
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