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SOCIOLOGICAL VIEW AND THEORY OF SUBORDINATE INTEGRATION...
approaching new scene, the attenuating role that Europe could play (due
to the many changes in its development process) can also be an interesting
point to consider.
This junctural dilemma confronting the Caribbean-Latin America region
makes it very necessary to consider some aspects of the theoretical
discussion concerning integration.
4. THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS ON THE
INTEGRATION RELATED TO LATIN AMERICA AND
THE CARIBBEAN SUB-REGION 13
Why do we need to more fully elaborate a “theory of integration”
applicable to Latin America and The Caribbean
Briefly, it is necessary in order to achieve at least the following:
1. To see the relationship between the theory of integration and the
practical results achieved (between 1960-95; this is a long testing
period).
2. To verify whether integration is a viable goal for Latin America and
the Caribbean.
3. So that “concrete experiences of integration” in the region will serve
to broaden and renew the theoretical base.
4. To plan “new” types or integration... with greater probabilities of
success; this is not possible without adequate theoretical evaluation
and planning.
4.1 THE MAIN THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF INTEGRATION
From our theoretical point of view, and according to concrete experience,
not all processes of integration have resulted in benefits for each of
the participating nations. This has some understandable explanations, as
seen from the perspective of several of the most solid theories on integration
among nation states. 14
13
We take the point of view that “the Caribbean” is a integral subregion of Latin
America. The “Caribbean Basin” includes more than a subregion, that is, both
the Antilles and Central America.
14
See:
a) Gert Kück/Heinz Krose, Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Integration
von Entwicklungsländern, Akademie-Verlag, Berlin, 1976.
b) Nicos Poulantzas, “Internationalization of Capitalist Relations and the Nation-State,”
Economy and Society, No. 3, May 1974, pp.145-179.
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