Algunos elementos para comprender el Brexit y su impacto en las teorías del regionalismo
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2019-12
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El 23 de junio de 2016 los británicos decidieron, mediante referéndum, abandonar
la Unión Europea. Este artículo busca aportar algunos elementos para responder
dos preguntas relacionadas: 1- ¿Cuáles fueron los factores que condujeron al Brexit?;
2- ¿Cómo impacta este fenómeno en las teorías sobre la conformación de acuerdos
regionales? Para abordar el primer punto, se discute el rol de la representación de
intereses en la convocatoria al referéndum, y posteriormente se analiza la
construcción de dichos intereses desde la literatura que destaca el rol de las ideas.
Mientras que sobre el segundo punto, se aborda el cuestionamiento que dicho
evento supone para los planteos que sugieren un camino unidireccional hacia la
conformación de acuerdos regionales, y por el contrario se enfatiza en la necesidad
de contar con nuevos instrumentos teóricos que den cuenta de los resultados mixtos
en términos de integración y desintegración que actualmente se observan en la
economía mundial
On June 23rd 2016, the British decided, through a referendum, to abandon the European Union. This paper seeks to provide elements to answer to related questions: 1- Which were the factors that drove Brexit? 2- How does this phenomenon affect the theories that explain the conformation of regional agreements? To approach the first question, the article discusses the role of interest representation in the calling of the referendum, and then analyses the construction of those interests through the role of ideas. Secondly, it examines how this event questions the approaches that suggest a unidirectional path to the conformation of regional agreements, and on the contrary, it emphasises the need of developing new theoretical instruments to explain the mixed results in terms of integration and disintegration that we currently observe in the global economy.
On June 23rd 2016, the British decided, through a referendum, to abandon the European Union. This paper seeks to provide elements to answer to related questions: 1- Which were the factors that drove Brexit? 2- How does this phenomenon affect the theories that explain the conformation of regional agreements? To approach the first question, the article discusses the role of interest representation in the calling of the referendum, and then analyses the construction of those interests through the role of ideas. Secondly, it examines how this event questions the approaches that suggest a unidirectional path to the conformation of regional agreements, and on the contrary, it emphasises the need of developing new theoretical instruments to explain the mixed results in terms of integration and disintegration that we currently observe in the global economy.
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Brexit, Unión Europea, Regionalismo, Representación de intereses, Ideas, European Union, Regionalism