Latin America and International Relations: invitation for a collective book

Latin America in the Third World, an edited volume
by Thomas Field
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Type: Call for Papers
Date: December 15, 2015
Subject Fields:  American History / Studies, Diplomacy and International Relations, Latin American and Caribbean History / Studies, Political History / Studies, World History / Studies
Call for Papers

Latin America in the Third World

Editors: Thomas Field (Embry-Riddle College of Security and Intelligence), Stella Krepp (University of Bern), and Vanni Pettinà (Colegio de México)

Over the past few years, there has been a growing scholarly interest in the Cold War in the Global South.  This has given rise to a number of works on the nonaligned movement, the overlapping trajectories of decolonization and the Cold War, and the rise and fall of the Third World project during the 1960s and 70s.  Unfortunately, Latin America has largely escaped the attention of scholars interested in the larger Third World, despite the region's substantive participation in the nonaligned movement.  Throughout the Cold War, Latin American countries maintained ties with the Second World, and many o fthe region's regimes and popular movements identified with the Third World experience.

This edited volume will bring together emerging and established scholars whose work highlights a diverse range of strategies used by Latin American governments and political movements to forge ties with Communst bloc countries, with the nonaligned movement, and with one another.

We invite chapter abstracts regarding any aspect of the preceding paragraphs.  While we expect many of the contributions to be country-specific, potential themes include tricontinentalism, decolonization, anti-imperialism, and competing concepts of development, modernization, and natural resource sovereignty.  We welcome chapter abstracts dealing with political issues (high and low), political economy, society, labor, and culture.  We are not averse to abstracts dealing with US - Latin American relations, but we especially welcome submissions that explore Latin American agency, move beyond bilateral diplomacy, and make use of Latin American primary sources.

While contributions are sought for all Latin American countries participating in the Third World project, we are particularly interested in including chapter addressing how smaller countries conceived of their participation in the nonaligned movement.  Contributions are therefore sought for Central America, the Caribbean (including Puerto Rican political parties), Bolivia, Peru, Panama, Ecuardo, Uruguay, Colombia, and Venezuela.  These are in addition to the more obvious actors such as Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Chile, and Mexico.

The deadline for abstracts is December 15, 2015.  Proposals should include a title, one-page outline, and one-page CV with a list of publications.  Following the acceptance of proposals in early January 2016, authors will receive editorial guidelines for submission of draft chapters (7,000 to 10,000 words) by December 1, 2016.

Proposal abstracts should be emailed to Thomas Field (thomas.field@erau.edu), Stella Krepp (stella.krepp@hist.unibe.ch), and Vanni Pettinà (vpettina@colmex.mx).

Latin american foreign policies beyond the US - Call for Papers

Political Perspectives - call for papers / World Politics e foreign Policy // Latin american foreign policies beyond the US

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Call for Papers

1)  World Politics and Foreign Policy explored from the Non-State level: Policy Institutions, Networks and Researchers

2)  Latin American Foreign Policies beyond the United States

1)  World Politics and Foreign Policy explored from the Non-State level: Policy Institutions, Networks and Researchers

A forthcoming Special Issue of Political Perspectives will focus upon organisations and individuals at the non-state level involved in foreign policy and world politics in rapidly changing and transnational contexts.

Special Issue themes

Contributions addressing the following key themes (but not restricted to) from interdisciplinary, international, comparative or cultural perspectives are particularly encouraged. The editors also welcome theoretical, conceptual and methodological papers.

• Role of non-state level policy institutions in foreign policy and/or international affairs
• Policy-networks (e.g. key players, collaboration, international activity)
• Role of culture, identity, perceptions, context and social construction amongst individuals and non-state organisations involved in (and/or affected) by foreign policy-making
• Influence and impact (e.g. public opinion-shaping, lobbying, advocacy, corruption)
• Interface with the media, politicians, government and other stakeholders and target groups
• Role of social media
• Role of funding/donors
• Contemporary and future issues and challenges relating to policy-research and activities around the world
• Methodological, conceptual and/or research philosophical issues relating to the study of the above topic areas

Submission procedures

Papers of 6,000 – 8,000 words in length (including footnotes/excluding bibliography) should be submitted by 15^th January 2012. The editors welcome enquiries concerning the relevance of a particular theme in advance of submission.

Submission guidelines: http://www.politicalperspectives.org.uk/submissions/

The authors retain copyright of any work published in Political Perspectives, and are thus free to republish elsewhere.

Submit manuscripts to Senior Editor: David S. A. Guttormsen (Doctoral Candidate, University of Warwick) – D.S.A.Guttormsen@warwick.ac.uk

Contact Junior Editor with queries about style format: Carina van de Wetering (Doctoral Candidate, University of Bristol) – poccvdw@bristol.ac.uk

Deadline for Submission:                      15^th January 2012

Expected Month of Publication:                         Spring 2012

2) “Latin American Foreign Policies beyond the United States”

A forthcoming issue of Political Perspectives focuses on contemporary Latin American foreign policies, both intraregional and global, beyond the most studied relationship with the United States. This issue aims to cover new challenges the region is facing in a changing international context, the emergence and development of new instruments and institutions, and the role Latin American actors seek to globally advance in order to be recognised in the world arena.

We encourage contributions from postgraduate researchers in Latin America, Europe and beyond which address theoretical, historical and empirical aspects of international relations.

Contributions that address the key themes are welcomed. These include, but are not restricted to:

1. Potential struggles that old and new regional institutions face to foster Latin America’s foreign policies.
2. New democracies’ role and relations in international organisations.
3. Crucial developments of regional organisations such as Mercosur, Andean Community, OAS, and others.
4. The foreign policy of Lula and Dilma to advance Brazil’s idea as a consolidated global emerging power.
5. Relations established between Latin American actors and other developing countries.
6. The evolution and interests of the Bolivarian ideology.
7. Strategies of Latin American countries towards Asia as means to diversify their external priorities.
8. Security threats and alliances between Latin American states.
9. Conceptualising the Caribbean role in the global sphere.
10. Competition among Latin American countries for the regional ‘leadership’.

Papers of 6,000 – 8,000 words in length (including footnotes/excluding bibliography) should be submitted by February 15^th 2012. Details of submission guidelines.

Please note that authors retain copyright of any work published in Political Perspectives, and are free to republish elsewhere. Papers must be written in English, but for this issue Spanish/Portuguese abstracts can be included in addition to the English version.

Send papers to: e.olivaresconcha@manchester.ac.uk

Other enquiries: giulia.sirigu@manchester.ac.uk

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