Social Group Dynamics and Patterns of Latin American Integration Processes

Publication Name
Revista de Estudios Sociales
Volume, number, page
n.60, pp.25-35
Year of Publication
2017
Author(s)
DUBÉ Sébastien
THIERS Consuelo
Organization Name
Facultad de Ciencias Sociales - Universidad de los Andes
Publisher
Facultad de Ciencias Sociales - Universidad de los Andes
City
Bogotá
Country of Publication
Colombia
Full Date
abril-junio 2017
ISBN or ISSN
1900-5180
Considered Countries
Argentina
Uruguay
Brasil
Chile
United States
Canada
Category
Academic articles
Theme
Subregion - European Union
BIREGIONAL RELATIONS UE - LAC
Strategic Partnerships
BIREGIONAL DIALOGUES UE-LAC
Business
Keyword(s)
Regionalism
Social psychology
International Relations
Latin America
Integration
Social group dynamics
ALADI
ALBA
Regional Integration
Abstract
This article proposes to incorporate social psychology elements with mainstream political science and international relations theories to help understand the contradictions related to the integration processes in Latin America. Through a theoretical analysis, it contributes to the challenge proposed by Dabène (2009) to explain the "resilience" of the Latin American regional integration process in spite of its "instability and crises." Our main proposition calls for considering Latin America as a community and its regional organizations as "social groups." In conclusion, three phenomena from the field of social psychology and particularly social group dynamics shed light on these contradictory patterns
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