REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND SUPRANATIONALISM: A POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL AMERICAN INTEGRATION

Abstract

This article is part of a general study of the institutional evolution of the Central American
Integration System (SICA ). It’s analyzed the changing roles and attitudes of regional actors
and, in such a perspective, the progressive establishment of a supranational civil service
in Central America. This paper of political sociology is based on field work, analysis of
archives and more than 60 interviews.