00657nam a2200085Ia 4500100002100000245012600021260000900147520039700156583001800553  aPhillips, Nicola  aRise and fall of open regionalism? : comparative reflections on regional governance in the Southern Cone of Latin America  c2003  aArgues that the original framework of open regionalism underpinning the MERCOSUR is petering out, and consequently the regional governance project in the Southern Cone is undergoing a process of redefinition.  Seeks to understand the nature of this redefinition.  Contends that this task requires a re-orientation of some of the prevalent ways in which the study of regionalism is approached.  c6/11/03kJOYD