Análise da integração sul-americana como meio de garantia da democracia

Abstract

Analyzes the historical construction of the South American states, mainly based on interaction between Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Policy discussions and agreements reached are studied and presented to establish a framework of regional diplomatic mechanisms in their qualities and problems. The formation of the South American nations is included within the international development of the function concept of the state and the gradual establishment of political and theoretical consensus democracy as a pillar of any contemporary state. The conceptual expansion of democracy fueled by social conflicts gave rise to the reformulation of the liberal state, only guarantor of individual liberties, to the proposed tax state, guarantor of social and individual rights. The constant structural reformulations sought to guarantee the legitimacy conquest by the nations, whether acquired through the substance of policy, whether acquired through the process of instituting political representatives. From the bankruptcy of Latin American autocracies of the twentieth century the nations sought to create mechanism of institutional insurer across borders. The South American integration appears as insurer mean of democratic institutions.