Social Group Dynamics and Patterns of Latin American Integration Processes

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ID4750830
AuthorsSébastien Dubé (0000-0002-4290-9701, Universidad de Santiago de Chile), Christophe Thiers (0000-0002-7515-2354, Universidad de Santiago de Chile), Consuelo Thiers
Year2017
Issue60
Pages25-35
Publication date2017-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista de Estudios Sociales (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0123-885X • E-ISSN: 1900-5180
PublisherUniversidad de los Andes (PUBLISHER • VE)
DOI10.7440/res60.2017.02
OpenAlexW2614097813
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited20

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: the value of the group and the emotional bond, groupthink, and cognitive dissonance

Cognitive dissonance · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Latin Americans · Mainstream · Political science · Politics · Proposition · Social dynamics · Social movement · Social science · Sociology · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Representations and Identity

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