Latin America in Global International Relations

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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction: Latin America and the Caribbean in Global International Relations
From Non-Western International Relations Theory to GIR: Background
The Structure of the Book
2 Alternative World Orders in an Age of Globalization: Latin American Scenarios and Responses
Introduction
Latin American Responses to Alternative World Orders: Analytical and Normative Perspectives
Peace and Security: Promotion of Norms of International Law and Institutions
International Political Economy, (Under)Development, and Globalization
Developmentalism (“Desarrollismo”)
The Latin American Dependency School (“Dependencia”)
Foreign Policy Formulations and Regional Integration
The Autonomy Approach
Peripheral Realism
From the Idea of Regionalism to Post-hegemonic Regionalism and Multilateralism
Conclusions: Explaining Voices and Silences from Latin America
References
3 From Autonomy to Agency (and Back Again): Debating Latin American States as Global Norm Entrepreneurs
Introduction
Autonomy, Agency, and Structure
Autonomy
Agency
The Limits of Non-Hegemonic Agency
From Autonomy to Agency (and Back Again)
Acknowledgment
References
4 Regionalism and Political Violence: Hegemony through Transnational Social Compacts in Cold War South America
Introduction
Regional Social Compacts: Why They Matter and How They Operate?
RSC in Cold War South America
Conclusion and Future Research
References
5 Big Ideas from Small Places: Caribbean Thought for International Relations
Introduction
Acknowledging a Caribbean Intellectual Tradition
Tying the 20th-Century Caribbean Intellectual Tradition to IR Theorising
Caribbean Thought as Theory for International Political Economy
Caribbean Feminist Thought as IR Theorising
The Caribbean Challenge to Western-Centrism as an IR Theoretical Contribution
Conclusion
References
6 Unsettling Knowledges in Latin America
Introduction
Latin American IR
Thinking and Doing: Liberation Theology/Pedagogy/Methodology
Indigeneous and Afro-Descendent Relationality
Spirituality and Ancestrality
Territoriality
Embodied Knowledges
Conclusion: Unsettling IR
Acknowledgements
References
7 The Rise China and the Post-Western World in Latin America: What Is in Store?
Latin America’s Defensive Posture
The Rise of China in Latin America
Latin America in the Post-Western World
Conclusion
References
8 Latin American Feminism as a Contribution to a Global IR Agenda from the South
Introduction
Feminist Theories as an Analytical Perspective for Political Action
Western IR Approaches: What Does Latin America Have to Say
Latin American Contributions to IR Feminism: Insights from Postcolonial and Decolonial Theories
Conclusions
References
9 The Latin American School of IPE: a road from development to regionalism
Introduction
The Relevance of Development Debates in Latin American IR and IPE
Regionalism in the Latin American School of IPE
Toward a Regional Agenda: Is the Latin American IPE a Field under Construction?
References
10 Regionalism in Latin American Thought and Practice
Introduction
On Latin American Regionalism
Mercosur
ALBA
CELAC
Conclusions
Acknowledgment
References
11 From Dependency Theories to Mechanisms of Dependency: The Contribution of Latin American dependentistas to Global IR
Introduction
Latin American Dependency Research Program
Limits of the Theory
Mechanisms of Dependency: A Way Forward
Mechanisms of Dependency in Production
Mechanisms of Dependency in Finance
Mechanisms of Epistemic Dependency
Conclusions
References
12 Between ‘lo práctico’ and ‘lo posible’: International Insertion as an Innovation in Latin America’s Contribution to Global IR
Introduction
Intellectual Innovation and the Latin American IR
Conceptual History: Theory and Method
Between ‘lo práctico’ and ‘lo posible’
Where Does Insertion Come from?
The Brazilian Perspective
Latin American Contributions
The Latin American Contribution to Global IR
Conclusion
References
13 The Concept of Autonomy as an Epistemic Foundation? Many Paths, Many Turns
Introduction
Dependency and Autonomy: Content and Concept
Derivations: Costs, Emphasis on Non-confrontation, and Neo-idealistic Currents of Integration
Autonomy and Diversification
Conclusions: The Content of Autonomy and Its Epistemic Value
References
Conclusion: Taking Stock: Latin American Contributions to Global IR
Melisa Deciancio and Diana Tussie Approaching GIR from LAC
LAC IR Thinking: Order, Regionalism, Security and Development
Bringing “the others” in
Final Thoughts
References
Contributor Bios
Index
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