Latin American Regionalism in the XXI Century: An Ongoing Interactive Game of Resistance and Cooperation | El regionalismo latinoamericano en el siglo XXI: un juego interactivo de resistencia y cooperación
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https://doi.org/10.12957/rmi.2018.36079Keywords:
Regionalism, interactive game, Latin AmericaAbstract
Resistance and cooperation were at the center of Latin American regionalism along the XXI century developing an interactive game among governments and regional agreements that is still going on. Though threats posed by the international system influenced the game, this article looks at how peripheral nations react to actions of other peripheral nations rather than to actions of central powers. We identify the main factors behind neighbours’ resistance to regionalism, place them in an interactive study of Latin American regionalism (2000-2018), and discuss how regional actors’ decisions influence other actors’ future decisions, combining game theory and discourse analysis.Our aim is to contribute supporting arguments to the literature that stresses actorness (agency) by developing nations.
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Se argumenta que en el siglo XXI resistencia y cooperación fueron el eje central de la interacción entre acuerdos regionales latinoamericanos y contribuyeron a impulsar un juego interactivo entre ellos. Aunque las amenazas del contexto internacional ejercieron influencia en el juego, se analiza cómo naciones periféricas latinoamericanas reaccionaron a acciones de otras naciones periféricas de su región antes que a las de naciones desarrolladas. Primero, se identifica los factores detrás de la resistencia de sus vecinos a distintos acuerdos regionales, luego se los ubica en un estudio longitudinal de la interacción entre ellos (2000-2018) y se discute de qué forma las decisiones tomadas dentro de un acuerdo influyeron sobre las decisiones de otros actores regionales, combinando teoría del juego y análisis del discurso. El artículo aporta argumentos a la literatura que enfatiza la agencia de las naciones en desarrollo en las Relaciones Internacionales.
Keywords: Regionalism; interactive game; Latin America
Palabras clave: regionalismo; juego interactivo; América Latina
Recebido em 16 de Julho de 2018 | Received on July 16, 2018
Aceito em 6 de Outubro de 2018 | Accepted on Octubre 6, 2018
DOI: 10.12957/rmi.2018.36079
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