Regional market building as a social process: An analysis of cognitive strategies in NAFTA, the European Union and Mercosur

Economy and Society

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 359-389

  Duina, Francesco ^a  

^a BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Globalization; Historical institutionalism; Law; Market building; Regional integration

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC RELATIONS; EUROPEAN UNION; MERCOSUR; NAFTA; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 4344716955     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0308514042000225707     Document Type: Article

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