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Abstract

This article discusses Westphalia legacy and the emergence of a post-Westphalia reality in the 21st century debate about South American security. Due to historic issues, such as social exclusion, South American nations are still building a Westphalia state anchored in modern national institutions. At the same time these nations have been facing the challenges from threats of post-Westphalian nature, such as transnational crime. The argument here is that in order to understand developments in regional security in the region, one has to regard Westphalian and post-Westphalian paradigms as complementary. National states act according to the principles of Westphalia but also seek collective and regional action in order to deal with changes at the regional and global level that have brought post-Westphalian issues to the center of security concerns. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]

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Title
El legado de Westfalia y la emergencia del postwesfalianismo en la seguridad regional de América del Sur
Author
de Oliveira, Marcos Aurelio Guedes; Avila, Carlos Federico Domínguez
Pages
15-33
Publication year
2013
Publication date
Jun-Sep 2013
Publisher
Relaciones Internacionales
e-ISSN
16993950
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Spanish
ProQuest document ID
1403493320
Copyright
Copyright Relaciones Internacionales Jun-Sep 2013