Can Mercosur survive? Domestic and international constraints on Mercosur

Latin American Politics and Society

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 67-103

  Carranza, Mario E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; ECONOMIC POLICY; EXCHANGE RATE; MERCOSUR; REGIONAL TRADE;

ARGENTINA; BRAZIL;

EID: 0041312626     PISSN: 1531426X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3176980     Document Type: Article

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