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Brazil, the United States, and the South American Subsystem: Regional Politics and the Absent Empire (en Inglés)
Carlos Gustavo Poggio Teixeira (Autor)
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Brazil, the United States, and the South American Subsystem: Regional Politics and the Absent Empire (en Inglés) - Carlos Gustavo Poggio Teixeira
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The United States has often acted as an empire in Latin America Nevertheless there has been an obvious dissimilarity between US actions in South America and US actions in the rest of Latin America which is illustrated by the fact that the United States never sent troops to invade a South American country While geographic distance and strategic considerations may have played a role they provide at best incomplete explanations for the USs relative absence south of Panama The fact that the United States has had a distinct pattern of interactions with South America is thus not captured by the typical concept of Latin America In Brazil the United States and the South American Subsystem Regional Politics and the Absent Empire Carlos Gustavo Poggio Teixeira recuperates the virtually neglected literature on regional subsystems In so doing Teixeira maintains that researchers of interAmerican relations would greatly benefit from a characterization reflecting actual regional realities more than entrenched preconceptions Such a characterization involves subdividing the Western Hemisphere in two regional subsystems North and South America This subdivision allows for uncovering regional dynamics that can help explain the USs limited interference in South American affairs compared to the rest of Latin America This book argues that the role of Brazil as a status quo regional power in South America is the key to understanding this phenomenon Through a historical analysis focusing on specific cases spanning three centuries this research demonstrates that Brazil regardless of particular domestic settings has deliberately affected the calculations of costs and benefits of a more significant US involvement in South America While in the past Brazil has taken actions that resulted in increasing the benefits of the USs limited involvement in South America in more recent times it has sought to increase the costs of a more significant US presence Teixeira then considers some of the theoreti
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