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Hybrid Security Governance in South America: An Empirical Assessment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2019

Rafael Duarte Villa Open the ORCID record for Rafael Duarte Villa [Opens in a new window] ,
Fabrício H. Chagas-Bastos Open the ORCID record for Fabrício H. Chagas-Bastos [Opens in a new window]  and
Camila de Macedo Braga Open the ORCID record for Camila de Macedo Braga [Opens in a new window]
Rafael Duarte Villa*
Affiliation:
Rafael Duarte Villa is an associate professor of international relations at the International Relations Institute, University of São Paulo.
Fabrício H. Chagas-Bastos*
Affiliation:
Fabrício H. Chagas-Bastos is a research fellow at the School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne.
Camila de Macedo Braga*
Affiliation:
Camila de Macedo Braga is a postdoctoral fellow at the International Relations Institute, University of São Paulo.
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rafaelvi@usp.br.
fchagasbastos@gmail.com
cmbraga.rel@gmail.com
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Abstract

Contending rationales of peace and conflict coexist between countries and within regional spaces as conditions that motivate or constrain militarized behaviors. While the idea of balancing is still a relevant concept to understand contemporary security in South America, the region produces patterns of a nascent security community. This article argues that the regional repertoire of foreign and security policy practices draws on a hybrid security governance mechanism. The novelty brought by the cumulative interaction among South American countries is that the coexistence turns into a hybrid between both practices and discourses. To explain how hybrid formations are produced, this study analyzes the most empirically intense and academically controversial political and security interactions from interstate relations in the two security complexes in the region, the Southern Cone and the Northern Andes.

Keywords

security communitybalance of powerhybrid security governanceLatin America
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Research Article
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Latin American Politics and Society , Volume 61 , Issue 4 , November 2019 , pp. 72 - 94
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© University of Miami 2019 

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