The article analyses the role of border in theories and policies of Latin American regionalism. It shows that neither the explanatory 'waves' of regionalism in studies of International Relations nor Latin American regional integration policies have addressed borders seriously. Accordingly, it argues for a view of border regions as key political and epistemological places for understanding spatial relations between state, region, and globalization. Though some academic and political initiatives have started to unpack the Cartesian reading of border in Latin American regionalism, the article argues that further steps can be taken by treating borders (peripheries) as epistemological centres.
La migración es un tema político que, en el siglo XXI, está claramente incorporado en las agendas de gobiernos nacionales, organizaciones internacionales (OI), ONG y espacios de producción científica. Migrar, moverse de un lugar a otro, es una práctica que revela complejas asimetrías de poder (ej., desigualdad, reconocimiento, agencia, seguridad e incluso vida/muerte); por tanto, es una cuestión ineludible para las agendas de investigación de la Ciencia Política y las Relaciones Internacionales.
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