%0 Journal Article
%T Sobre la naturaleza de la integraci¨®n regional: teor¨ªas y debates
%A SERRANO
%A LORENA OYARZ¨²N
%J Revista de ciencia pol¨ªtica (Santiago)
%D 2008
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.4067/S0718-090X2008000200004
%X a permanent feature of studies on regional integration is the difficulty of defining the dependent variable (integration) and the application -often simultaneously- of analytical tools from various approaches and theories of social sciences to attempt to overcome this problem. in this paper i will discuss the issue from an international relations perspective, focusing on the major debates surrounding regional integration, highlighting their particularities and typologies. in the first part i will examine the connection between regionalism and integration and subsequently i will explore the main theories linked to the issue in order to make generalizations. finally, and based on neofunctionalist approaches i will present a definition of regional integration that revitalizes the notion of transfer loyalties, a key idea that permits the distinction of this concept from other similar ones.
%K regionalism
%K regional integration
%K theories of integration
%K transfer of loyalties
%K supranationality.
%U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-090X2008000200004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en