A comparative reassessment of regional parliaments in Latin America: Parlasur, Parlandino and Parlatino

Abstract

The present article assesses and compares the MERCOSUR Parliament, the Andean Parliament, and the Latin American Parliament as instruments to insert political representation and parliamentarians in their respective integration projects. It is argued that the development of regional parliaments in Latin America, however, has not produced substantial changes in regional decision-making processes, which remain the exclusive domain of intergovernmental or interpresidential exchanges. ; Univ Estadual Paulista, Fac Ciencias & Letras, Araraquara, SP, Brazil ; Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Escola Paulista Polit Econ & Negocios, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil ; Univ Birmingham, Polit Sci & Int Studies, Birmingham, W Midlands, England ; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Escola Paulista Polit Econ & Negocios, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil ; Web of Science