Gian Luca Gardini
Dr Gian Luca Gardini is Lecturer in International Relations and Latin American Politics at the University of Bath. His works have been published in the UK, Europe, the United States and South America. His most recent books are The Origins of Mercosur and, together with Dr PW Lambert, Latin American Foreign Policies between Ideology and Pragmatism. Dr Gardini has also acted as a practitioner of international and EU affairs: he was Representative to the EU of the Italian Confederation of Industry, and International Trade Advisor to EUROCHAMBRES, the European Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
Books by Gian Luca Gardini
Latin America in the 21st Century
Nation, Regionalism, Globalization
Gian Luca Gardini
Twenty-first century Latin America is rich in history, culture and political and social experimentation. In this fascinating and insightful analysis, Gardini looks at contemporary developments at three interconnected levels: the state, the region and the international position of Latin America. At the state level, leaders such as Evo Morales of Bolivia or Chavez of Venezuela embody a renewed intellectual autonomy in the continent, while revealing significant discrepancies between their rhetoric… (more information)