Europeanization of National Foreign Policies towards Latin America

Taylor & Francis

The Europeanization of National Foreign Policies towards Latin AmericaAuthor(s): Lorena Ruano\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138833180, 978-1138833180\nSynopsis\nWho shapes the European Unions policy towards Latin America? How has this EU policy modified individual member states relations with the region? \n\nThis book provides a comparative account of seven member states bilateral links with Latin America since 1945, in the context of their EU membership and based on the concept of Europeanization. It illustrates how and why the main architects of this EU policy have been Spain and Germany. In contrast, Poland, Sweden and Ireland, which had little previous interaction with Latin America, have developed their current relations with that region virtually as a result of their EU membership. The United Kingdom and France lie in the middle: they have been influential in certain policy-areas and key periods in hist.