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A History of the FTAA This page intentionally left blank A History of the FTAA From Hegemony to Fragmentation in the Americas Marcel Nelson A HISTORY OF THE FTAA Copyright © Marcel Nelson, 2015. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-41276-8 All rights reserved. First published in 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States— a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-48969-5 ISBN 978-1-137-41275-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137412751 Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Nelson, Marcel. A history of the FTAA : from hegemony to fragmentation in the Americas / Marcel Nelson. pages cm (hardback) 1. Free Trade Area of the Americas (Organization)— History 2. Neoliberalism— United States— History 3. United States— Foreign relations— Latin America— History 4. Latin America— Foreign relations— United States—H istory I. Title. HF1776.N45 2015 382'.917— dc23 2014035158 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Scribe Inc. First edition: February 2015 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To Yelena, Ronald, Jeannine, Céline, and Abbie This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowledgments ix Abbreviations xi Part I: Theoretical Framework 1 Introduction 3 1 Gramsci, Hegemony, and Global Governance 27 Part II: The Evolution of the FTAA Negotiations 61 2 The FTAA Negotiations: Context and History 63 Part III: Case Studies 113 3 Venezuela and the Evolution of the FTAA 115 4 Brazil and the FTAA Negotiations 147 Part IV: Regionalism after the FTAA 181 5 Regionalism in the Americas after the FTAA 183 Conclusion 201 Notes 209 Bibliography 247 Index 267 This page intentionally left blank Acknowledgments First and foremost, I would like to thank my doctoral supervisor, Dr. Abigail Bakan, for her guidance and support. Without her encour- agement, this book would have never become a reality. I am indebted to all the professors that I have encountered over the years at the University of Ottawa, York University, and Queen’s University, who have all, in their own way, contributed to my love of knowledge. I would like to single out Dr. Grant Amyot, Dr. Eunice Sahle, and Dr. Steve Ellner, who have particularly been helpful these last few years. I am grateful to the purveyors of the R. S. McLaughlin Fellowship, the Timothy C. S. Franks Research Travel Fund Award, and the Graduate Dean’s Travel Grant for Doctoral Field Research at Queen’s University, whose financial contributions allowed me to conduct field research. I want to thank Angela Pietrobon for having reviewed an early version of this document and everyone at Palgrave Macmillan who helped during the process of finalizing this book. Further, I want to thank my friends and family, Rick Ficek, Cathy Thomson, Simon Kiss, Kelly Foyle, Rob Lawson, Robert and Cathy Leblanc, Andrew Stevens, Donald Sackey, Christopher Canning, Laura McGavin, Mira Bachvarova, Nick Hardy, Dan Wolski, Paul Kel- logg, Dale Gago, Mohammed Ali Kessentini, Dan Pfeffer, Gail Adler, Frank and Katarina Molnar, and Élisabeth and Serge Morneau, for their support and, in some cases, willingness to engage in intermi- nable debates throughout the years. Finally, I would like to thank my father, Ronald, my mother, Jean- nine, and my sister, Céline for their support and whose dedication to education marked me for life. Finally, I would like to end by express- ing my gratitude to my wife, Yelena, whose love and encouragement made this process a brighter one.
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