| Autor: |
Luis Leandro Schenoni |
| Jazyk: |
English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: |
2014 |
| Předmět: |
|
| Zdroj: |
Estudos Internacionais, Vol 2, Iss 2 (2014) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2317-773X |
| Popis: |
Within the last fifty years, the Brazilian share of South American power has increased from one-third to one-half of the overall material capabilities in the region. Such a significant change in the regional power structure cannot have gone unnoticed by Brazil’s neighbors. The article addresses the main question related to South American unipolarity (1985–2014): Why have most countries in the region not implemented any consistent balancing or bandwagoning strategies vis-à-vis Brazil? Drawing on neoclassical realism, the article proposes that certain domestic variables – government instability, limited party-system institutionalization, and powerful presidents – have diverted the attention of political elites and foreign policy executives from the challenges generated by a rising Brazil. Crisp-set qualitative comparative analysis is used to test this hypothesis and other, alternative explanations for the regional imbalance. |
| Databáze: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
| Externí odkaz: |
|
