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Chile's (Inter)National Identities: Framing the Relations with Bolivia and Peru
Author(s) -
VAN DER REE G.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
bulletin of latin american research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1470-9856
pISSN - 0261-3050
DOI - 10.1111/j.1470-9856.2009.00349.x
Subject(s) - framing (construction) , latin americans , political science , foreign policy , identity (music) , national identity , national identities , gender studies , sociology , political economy , development economics , geography , law , politics , economics , physics , archaeology , acoustics
National identities play a significant role in Latin American international relations. They affect the ways in which policy‐makers view themselves and others, as well as influencing the ways in which their policies are ‘received’ abroad. In this way, identities create opportunities and constraints for foreign policy‐making, framing the relations between Latin American countries. The author argues that, since 1990, three main patterns of Chilean identity recently affected the country's relations with its northern neighbours Bolivia and Peru: a ‘neoliberal identity’, a ‘legalistic identity’ and a ‘progressive identity’. These three patterns of identity have created opportunities for cooperation as well as causes for conflict.