Post-hegemonic regionalism and sovereignty in Latin America: optimists, skeptics, and an emerging research agenda

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Autor(a) principal: Legler,Thomas
Data de Publicação: 2013
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Contexto Internacional
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-85292013000200001
Resumo: A scholarly debate is emerging on how recent regional trends in Latin America and South America have impacted the meanings and practices of sovereignty. This debate pits two groups engaged in regionalist analysis against each other: the optimists and the skeptics. Optimists argue that recent changes in regionalism are having a transformative impact on sovereignty. Skeptics acknowledge that changes in regionalism have occurred, but that they have been accompanied by persistent and traditional sovereignty meanings and practices. The article employs a tripartite conception of sovereignty regime-sovereign, space, and authority-to sketch the parameters of the debate. Given the recent origins of ALBA, CELAC, and UNASUR, as well as the post-hegemonic regionalism which they reflect and promote, this debate can only be resolved through ambitious qualitative empirical research, especially in South America, the regional experience upon which many of the contending claims are made. Such a research agenda on the regionalism-sovereignty nexus has both significant theoretical and practical implications for understanding Latin America's and South America's unique regional, institutional, and sovereignty patterns, as well as the limits and possibilities for regional governance.
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title Post-hegemonic regionalism and sovereignty in Latin America: optimists, skeptics, and an emerging research agenda
spellingShingle Post-hegemonic regionalism and sovereignty in Latin America: optimists, skeptics, and an emerging research agenda
Legler,Thomas
Regionalism
Sovereignty
Regional Governance
Latin America
South America
title_short Post-hegemonic regionalism and sovereignty in Latin America: optimists, skeptics, and an emerging research agenda
title_full Post-hegemonic regionalism and sovereignty in Latin America: optimists, skeptics, and an emerging research agenda
title_fullStr Post-hegemonic regionalism and sovereignty in Latin America: optimists, skeptics, and an emerging research agenda
title_full_unstemmed Post-hegemonic regionalism and sovereignty in Latin America: optimists, skeptics, and an emerging research agenda
title_sort Post-hegemonic regionalism and sovereignty in Latin America: optimists, skeptics, and an emerging research agenda
author Legler,Thomas
author_facet Legler,Thomas
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Legler,Thomas
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Regionalism
Sovereignty
Regional Governance
Latin America
South America
topic Regionalism
Sovereignty
Regional Governance
Latin America
South America
description A scholarly debate is emerging on how recent regional trends in Latin America and South America have impacted the meanings and practices of sovereignty. This debate pits two groups engaged in regionalist analysis against each other: the optimists and the skeptics. Optimists argue that recent changes in regionalism are having a transformative impact on sovereignty. Skeptics acknowledge that changes in regionalism have occurred, but that they have been accompanied by persistent and traditional sovereignty meanings and practices. The article employs a tripartite conception of sovereignty regime-sovereign, space, and authority-to sketch the parameters of the debate. Given the recent origins of ALBA, CELAC, and UNASUR, as well as the post-hegemonic regionalism which they reflect and promote, this debate can only be resolved through ambitious qualitative empirical research, especially in South America, the regional experience upon which many of the contending claims are made. Such a research agenda on the regionalism-sovereignty nexus has both significant theoretical and practical implications for understanding Latin America's and South America's unique regional, institutional, and sovereignty patterns, as well as the limits and possibilities for regional governance.
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