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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827629703321

Autore

Teixeira Carlos Gustavo Poggio

Titolo

Brazil, the United States, and the South American subsystem : regional politics and the absent empire / / Carlos Gustavo Poggio Teixeira

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2012

ISBN

1-283-54882-8

9786613861276

0-7391-7329-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (179 p.)

Disciplina

327.73081

Soggetti

United States Foreign relations Brazil

Brazil Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations South America

South America Foreign relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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