International Relations from Costa Rica. Theories, Cases, and Actors

Carlos Humberto Cascante Segura, Helmuth Angulo

• Editorial: Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
• Año: 2026
• ISBN del libro electrónico:
  9789977659565
• Categoría: Política y relaciones internacionales
• Categoría: Relaciones internacionales

This work is a collective academic effort that aims to convey the maturity attained by the School of International Relations at the National University after fifty years of building the faculty who have shaped it and of achieving material growth. For this purpose, it positions the relationship between international theories and the application of case studies that make it possible to convey to the audience the theoretical adaptation in a small, disarmed, and peaceful country in the Global South, which at the same time constitutes an epistemic challenge when considering the events of global politics and the trends and concerns of the Global North. In Costa Rica, our School is the only public university institution devoted to the study of international relations, and it remains the center where most of the country's professionals in this field are trained. This process has gone hand in hand with the approaches adopted in each historical moment toward different regional and global actors, not only through high-level academic and political exchanges but also through theoretical contributions that have elucidated how Costa Rica has faced various global trends, which in each period are reshaped by the geopolitical, economic, commercial, and cultural contexts.

Índice

• Cover
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• List of Tables
• List of Figures
• Introduction. 50 years of International Relations in Costa Rica
• 1. Liberalism:Costa Rica's Participation in International Humanitarian Assistance Mechanisms in Central America
• 2. Structural Realism:Costa Rica and the Second Gulf War
• 3. International Regimes:The Central American Trade Regime Between Common Law and CAFTA-DR
• 4. Neoinstitutionalism:Costa Rica and the Authorized Economic Operator
• 5. Complex Interdependence in State Relations:The Case of Costa Rica-China Relations
• 6. Complex Interdependence Applied to Economic Agreements:Costa Rica in the OECD
• 7. Constructivism:The Escazú Agreement as a Turning Point in Costa Rica’s Environmental Foreign Policy
• 8. Approaches in International Political Economy:Costa Rica’s Relations with the International Monetary Fund
• 9. Soft Power:The Case of the National University’s Revista de Relaciones Internacionales and Costa Rican Foreign Policy, 1980–1985
• 10. Critical Theories:Costa Rica’s Relations with Middle Eastern Countries
• 11. The English School:The Crucitas Case (Costa Rica), Between the State and International Society
• 12. Feminist Theories in International Relations:Laura Chinchilla Miranda and the Border Dispute Between Costa Rica and Nicaragua (2010–2015)
• 13. Foreign Policy Analysis:The Position(s) of the Costa Rican Government Regarding the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff (September–November 2016)
• The authors
• Credits