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
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