Brazil, the United States, and the South American subsystem : regional politics and the absent empire /

Teixeira, Carlos Gustavo Poggio.

Brazil, the United States, and the South American subsystem : regional politics and the absent empire / Carlos Gustavo Poggio Teizeira. - Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2012. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 The Regional Subsystemic Approach; 3 The South American Subsystem; 4 The Monroe Doctrine and the Early Development of a South American Subsystem; 5 The United States and the South American Subsystem During the Cold War: The Case of Chile; 6 Negotiating the FTAA: The South American Subsystem after the Cold War; 7 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

In Brazil, the United States, and the South American Subsystem: Regional Politics and the Absent Empire, Carlos Gustavo Poggio Teixeira challenges several typical assumptions on U.S.-Latin American relations, beginning by questioning the very usefulness of the concept of Latin America for the field of international relations. Instead of concentrating upon the instances when the United States pursued imperial policies in Latin America, this study seeks to explain the instances when it did not. Teixeira accomplishes this by shifting the focus of the research from the United States to Brazil and.

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Interregionalism--South America.
Relations interrégionales--Amérique du Sud.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Reference.
Diplomatic relations.
Interregionalism.
Regions & Countries - Americas.
History & Archaeology.
United States - General.


United States--Foreign relations--South America.
South America--Foreign relations--United States.
États-Unis--Relations extérieures--Amérique du Sud.
Amérique du Sud--Relations extérieures--États-Unis.
South America.
United States.


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