Regional environmental cooperation in South America : processes, drivers and constraints / Karen M. Siegel.

Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Author; Abbreviations; List of Figures; 1 Introduction; The Need to Look Beyond the Global North; Regional Environmental Cooperation in the Southern Cone of South America; Components, Drivers and Processes of Cooperation; Outline of the Book; References; 2 From Neo-liberalism to Neo-extractivism; The 1990s: Opening up Space for Regional Environmental Cooperation While Keeping It in the Margins; Reinforcing the Marginality of Socio-environmental Concerns: The Neo-extractivist Development Model; References; 3 From "Open" to "Post-hegemonic" Regionalism

The Declining Relevance of Mercosur for Regional Environmental CooperationNeo-extractivism Moving into the Regional Sphere; References; 4 Regional Environmental Cooperation in the La Plata River Basin; The La Plata Basin Regime; Environmental Cooperation in the La Plata Basin; Limitations, Contestations and Signs of Marginality; 5 Species Protection at the Regional Level: The Convention on Migratory Species in the Southern Cone; The Convention on Migratory Species; Drivers for Regional Cooperation in the Framework of the CMS; Sources of Strength and Limitations; References; 6 Conclusion

Unequal Influence in the Process Leading to Regional Environmental CooperationRegional Integration and Regional Environmental Cooperation: Two Separate Processes; The Marginality of Regional Environmental Cooperation; References; Index.