Towards a Political Economy of Hemispheric Relations

Jorge Nef
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Jorge Nef: University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Ave., CPR 107, Tampa, FL 33620, USA, nef@iac.usf.edu

Journal of Developing Societies, 2005, vol. 21, issue 3-4, 209-232

Abstract: Conceptual frameworks on inter-American relations based on conservative ‘realism’ and liberal ‘complex interdependency’ have lacked a capacity to explain and understand – and above all, predict – the dynamics in regional interactions. A common epistemological and ideological problem emerges from a distinctly ethnocentric perspective. This essay attempts to bridge this analytical gap by presenting a systemic, historical and structural model for policy analysis, looking at policy-making and coalition building in the hemisphere (the Americas) as a whole. It examines transnational alliances and conflict-management modes around two fundamental policy options, ‘Pentagonism’ and ‘Trilateralism’ and the effects on inter- and intra-coalition conflict for the region.

Keywords: coalitions; complex dependency; neo-imperialism; ‘Pentagonism’; receiver states; restricted democracy; transnationalization; ‘Trilateralism’ (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1177/0169796X05058280

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