TY - BOOK AU - Phillips, Nicola TI - Rise and fall of open regionalism? : comparative reflections on regional governance in the Southern Cone of Latin America PY - 2003/// N2 - Argues 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 ER -