Ascenso y hegemonía: pensando a las potencias emergentes desde América del Sur (Rise and Hegemony: Some Observations on Emerging Powers from a South American Perspective)

Brazilian Review of International Politics, 55 (1): 31-48 [2012]

18 Pages Posted: 26 Dec 2016

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Luis Schenoni

University of Notre Dame - Kellogg Institute for International Studies; University of Notre Dame, College of Arts & Letters, Department of Political Science, Students

Date Written: December 21, 2012

Abstract

Spanish Abstract: El presente trabajo se enmarca en el actual debate sobre potencias emergentes intentando un aporte desde una perspectiva latinoamericana. Para ello trabajará algunas disyuntivas teóricas que se han tornado difíciles de resolver para el mainstream racionalista de la disciplina, desarrollando un modelo de cambio complementario del programa realista actual. Argumentaremos que este marco presenta algunas ventajas para el estudio de diversas cuestiones relativas a las relaciones de poder en América del Sur, destacando en particular dos preguntas: ¿qué características de la política exterior del Brasil han logrado constituirlo en una potencia emergente? ¿Y por qué los países de la región no han desarrollado una política exterior acorde al desafío que significa el ascenso de su principal contraparte regional?

English Abstract: This article is framed within the current debate on emerging powers from a Latin American perspective. It tries to solve some of the theoretical problems of the mainstream rationalist approach in IR theory, proposing a model of change rooted in the current realist program. This framework is applied to the study of power politics in South America with the goal of answering two major questions: why has Brazilian foreign policy been so successful in positioning this country as an emerging power? And why have not any country in the region reacted accordingly to the challenge posed by its mayor regional counterpart rise?

Note: Downloadable document is available in Spanish.

Keywords: Brazil, Argentina, Hegemony, South America

Suggested Citation

Schenoni, Luis, Ascenso y hegemonía: pensando a las potencias emergentes desde América del Sur (Rise and Hegemony: Some Observations on Emerging Powers from a South American Perspective) (December 21, 2012). Brazilian Review of International Politics, 55 (1): 31-48 [2012], Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2888605

Luis Schenoni (Contact Author)

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University of Notre Dame, College of Arts & Letters, Department of Political Science, Students ( email )

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Notre Dame, IN 46556
United States

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