International Relations in Latin America : Peace and Security in the Southern Cone

ISBN-13: 9780415973076 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 294 str.

Andrea Oelsner; Oelsner Oelsner

Opis

This work studies the development of bilateral relations in two pairs of states (dyads); Argentina-Brazil and Argentina-Chile. It takes on a moderate constructivist approach that incorporates into the analysis of international relations that role of identities, ideas and perceptions as well as of material forces, and understands that the former are affected and change during interaction. It also resorts to securitization theory to explain how issues come or cease to be considered security matters through social constructions.

Using this framework, the thesis analyses how states within the dyads have gradually stopped viewing each other as threats to their security. For most of their history, they have defined their relationships in terms of rivalry, and have perceived one another accordingly. In turn, this has resulted in a situation of negative regional peace in Southern Cone of Latin America. Since the late 1970s, however, mutual images have shifted and the Southern Cone has evolved, alongside the dyads, toward a situation of positive peace.

Spis treści

Part I. Introduction and Framework  1. Introduction  2. Theories of Regional Security and Peace  Part II. Domestic and Regional Contexts  3. Domestic Conditions  4. Hemispheric Context  Part III: The Dyads  5. Bilateral Relations Between Argentina and Chile  6. Bilateral Relations Between Argentina and Brazil  Part IV. The Southern Cone and its Prospects  7. Regional Integration in the Southern Cone.  8. Conclusion.  Appendix: Interviews

O autorze

Andrea Oelsner is lecturer in International Relations at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. She holds a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).