The concept of autonomy has acquired a plurality of meanings in international relations; this article analyzes the distinct uses given to this term in Latin America and its relationship to theoretical contributions from outside the region. The authors propose a far‐reaching reconceptualization of autonomy appropriate to Latin America's new circumstances in the global context. They argue that these new circumstances favor the shift from autonomy as traditionally defined to what they call relational autonomy, a construct based on contributions from classical political theory, political sociology, gender studies, social and philosophical psychology, and the theory of complex thought.
This essay explores the possibility that Latin America may deploy new strategic options in its relations with Washington at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It starts by evaluating what have been the five major foreign policy models of the region with regard to Washington since the end of the Cold War. It proceeds by evaluating the recent dynamics of Latin American insertion into world affairs. Then it introduces three new alternatives for handling U.S.-Latin American relations in the coming years. It concludes by pointing out the importance of understanding the scope of the hemispheric challenges for both the region and Washington.
La emergencia de la teoría de interdependencia ha significado un hito importante en la evolución de los estudios sobre relaciones internacionales. Su surgimiento marcó un quiebre en cuanto al debate de los elementos que habían caracterizado el análisis de tradición básicamente anglosajona, de la política internacional.El objetivo del presente trabajo es doble: por un lado, resaltar los principales postulados y premisas de esta teoría, evaluando sus mayores aportes y sus limitaciones más notorias; y por el otro, analizar si su cuestionamiento de ciertos supuestos fundamentales del enfoque teórico realista ha conllevado al desarrollo de una nueva aproximación paradigmá-tica al estudio de las relaciones internacionales. Para llevar a cabo estas tareas se tomarán, como punto de referencia primordial (aunque no único), dos de los trabajos más relevantes realizados por Robert O.
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