The Relation Among Regional Organisations, the Consolidation of Democracy and Citizen Security
The Cases of Sica and Unasur
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5858801 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Octávio Forti Neto (0000-0002-4452-838X, University Center of Vale do Ribeira (UNIVR), Brazil) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 569-596 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contexto Internacional (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0102-8529 • E-ISSN: 1982-0240 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/s0102-8529.2019420300003 |
| OpenAlex | W3110049504 |
| SCIELO_PID | S0102-85292020000300569 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
Latin American regional organisations (ROs) have been active in the area of citizen security for at least a twenty year-period. An important relationship between citizen security and the democratic consolidation of ROs' official documents in the Latin American region has been unexplored. This leads us to the main question of this paper: 'What has been the role of ROs with a formalized level of citizen security cooperation in the democratic consolidation?' To answer this question, this research was based on two case studies: The Central American Integration System (SICA) and the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) between 2008 and 2018, the period during which both organizations acted in the area of citizen security. The methodology used in this research was process tracing and comparative process tracing. Its results indicate that organisations developed a vision of how cooperative actions in citizen security can promote the consolidation of democracy by strengthening the rule of law. However, actors are sceptical of the ability of ROs to succeed, given the lack of political interest and the deficit of resources, that are major barriers for them to achieve great success in the citizen security field and, consequently, in the consolidation of democracy. The conclusion is that the analysed ROs produce a lot in terms of documents, but do little in achieving their ambitions, hence constituting, in and of themselves, a reflection of the flaws of the Latin American regionalism
Civil society · Consolidation (business · Democracy · Democratic consolidation · Democratization · Economics · Latin Americans · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance · Accounting · Law · Public Administration
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