European Policy Research Unit Series
Series Editors: Simon Bulmer, Peter Humphreys, Andrew Geddes and Dimitris Papadimitriou
The European Policy Research Unit Series aims to provide advanced textbooks and thematic studies of key public policy issues in Europe. They concentrate, in particular, on comparing patterns of national policy content, but pay due attention to the European Union dimension. The thematic studies are guided by the character of the policy issue under examination.
The European Policy Research Unit (EPRU) was set up in 1989 within the University of Manchester's Department of Government to promote research on European politics and public policy. The series is part of EPRU's effort to facilitate intellectual exchange and substantive debate on the key policy issues confronting the European states and the European Union.
Titles in the series also include:
Globalisation and policy-making in the European UnionIan Bartle
The Europeanisation of WhitehallSimon Bulmer and Martin Burch
The agency phenomenon in the European Union: Emergence, institutionalisation and everyday decision-makingMadalina Busuioc, Martijn Groenleer and Jarle Trondal (eds)
EU enlargement, the clash of capitalisms and the European social dimension Paul Copeland
The power of the centre: Central governments and the macro-implementation of EU public policyDionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos
Creating a transatlantic marketplaceMichelle P. Egan (ed.)
Immigration and European integration (2nd edn)Andrew Geddes
The European Union and the regulation of media marketsAlison Harcourt
Childrens rights, Eastern enlargement and the EU human rights regimeIngi Iusmen
Managing Europe from home: The changing face of European policy-making under Blair and AhernScott James
The politics of fisheries in the European UnionChristian Lequesne
The European Union and culture: Between economic regulation and European cultural policyAnnabelle Littoz-Monnet
The EurogroupUwe Puetter
EU pharmaceutical regulationGovin Permanand
Regulatory quality in Europe: Concepts, measures and policy processesClaudio M. Radaelli and Fabrizio de Francesco
The European debt crisis: The Greek caseCostas Simitis
Unpacking international organisations: The dynamics of compound bureaucraciesJarle Trondal, Martin Marcussen, Torbjrn Larsson and Frode Veggeland
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Boxes
Article 133 (ex Article 113)
Article 181 (ex Article 130y)
Article 300 (ex Article 228)
The European Parliament's support for links with Mercosur at the political and economic level
European Parliament resolutions supporting the relations between the EU and Latin America
Final Act, Joint Declaration of Intent on the Development and Intensification of Relations with the Countries of Latin America
Final Act Declaration by the Kingdom of Spain on Latin America
Options for EUMercosur relations
Figures
Timeline of development of Mercosur
Mercosur institutions
Levels of ambition
Levels of commitment
Spain and Portugal's EU membership: bottom-up outcome
Spain and Portugal's EU membership: top-down in relation to trade
Level of ambition: first stage
Level of commitment: first stage
Level of ambition: second stage
Level of commitment: second stage
Level of ambition: third stage
Level of commitment: third stage
Level of ambition: fourth stage
Level of commitment: fourth stage
Tables
The Europeanization process in an EU member state's foreign policy
Measurement of the dependent variable: engagement
Competing arguments (independent variables) and the dependent variable
EU exports and imports with Mercosur countries, 19801990 (values in US$ million)
Measurement of the dependent variable, engagement: first stage
Competing arguments and the independent variables: first stage
EU agreements with third countries/regions and their legal commitment
Measurement of the dependent variable, engagement: second stage
Competing arguments and the independent variables: second stage
EU cooperation with Mercosur, 19922000
EU exports and imports with Mercosur countries, 19911995 (values in US$ million)
Timeline of EUMercosur meetings and the evolution of the WTO
EU tariff-rate quotas offer, September 2004
Measurement of the dependent variable, engagement: third stage
Competing arguments and the independent variables: third stage
GDP of the EU and Mercosur, 2007
Main trading partners of Mercosur countries and the EU-27, 2012
Measurement of the dependent variable, engagement: fourth stage
Competing arguments and the independent variables: fourth stage
Competing arguments at the different stages
I would like to thank everyone who has helped me to develop this monograph. The comments, attention to detail and help provided at different stages of the process by Professor Alasdair Young has been vital and I am extremely grateful to him. The comments of other academics, including Professor Maurizio Carbone and Dr Chad Damro and several anonymous external reviewers have also helped to shape this book during its final stages. I would like to thank also the participants of the panel on this topic at the Society of Latin American Studies Conference in 2010 for their helpful and kind comments.
I would like to send a special thank you to all my interviewees for being so generous with their time; I cannot mention you by name for obvious reasons but I am in debt to all of you. The fieldwork conducted on both sides of the Atlantic has been partially supported by UACES and the University of Glasgow, and I would like to thank those institutions. I would also like to thank the staff members of the European Library (Brussels), Mercosur's Library (Montevideo) and in particular to Silvana Asteggiante from ALADI's library for her incredible generosity during my time in Montevideo.
I would like to thank all the proofreaders and my editor Anthony Mason and his team at Manchester University Press for their help and patience. Finally, I would like to thank everyone who has supported me and/or commented on my work in one way or another through this long project, including Dr Stephen D. Ashe. Unless otherwise stated, all translations of quotations from non-English-language works are my own. Obviously I am the only one responsible for any mistakes that this monograph might contain.
