The cities in regional integration: the case of São Paulo in Mercosul and FTAA negotiations

• Grant number: 06/01698-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: July 01, 2006
• End date: December 31, 2006
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Political Science - International Politics
• Principal Investigator: Karina Lilia Pasquariello Mariano
• Grantee: Gustavo Rosolen Tessari
• Host Institution: Centro de Estudos de Cultura Contemporânea (CEDEC). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project proposes the analysis of the channels used for the cities, and particularly for the city of São Paulo, to insert in the negotiations of the regional integration processes (MERCOSUL and FTAA). The research will develop a detailed survey of the institutional trajectory of both the processes, searching to identify the different ways and mechanisms used by the local governments to present its demands and proposals in the context of the integration. The research's goal is to subsidize with information the Thematic Project "Gestão Pública Estratégica e Inserção internacional das cidades" (CEDEC, FGV-SP, PUC-SP, UNESP, 2004). (AU)