The Copenhagen School in South America: the (de)securitization of UNASUR (2008-2017)

Authors :: Francisco Javier Verdes-Montenegro Escanez
José Antonio Sanahuja
Source :: Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional, Volume: 64, Issue: 2, Article number: e001, Published: 19 MAR 2021, Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional, E-Prints Complutense: Archivo Institucional de la UCM, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-Prints Complutense. Archivo Institucional de la UCM, instname, Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional v.64 n.2 2021, Revista brasileira de política internacional, Instituto Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais (IBRI), instacron:IBRI
Publication Year :: 2021
Publisher :: FapUNIFESP (SciELO), 2021.
Abstract: This paper examines the most significant processes of securitization and desecuritization occurring at the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) from its inception in 2008 until 2017, when UNASUR began to experience a gridlock. The analysis begins with the hypotheses of desecuritization of armed conflict among the South American countries, as well as their approach to problems drug-related. To this end, the paper is based on a critical theory of security with focus on securitization, and offers an expanded and/or discursive conception of security that goes beyond the military dimension.

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