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Environmental Politics and Foreign Policy Decision Making in Latin America Although the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement to address global climate change, has been regarded by many as an unsuccessful treaty both politically and environmentally, it stands as one of the world’s few truly global agreements. Why did such a diverse group of countries decide to sign and/or ratify the treaty? Why did they choose to do so at different times and in different ways? What explains their foreign policy behavior? Amy Below’s book builds off the increasing significance of climate change and uses the Kyoto Protocol as a case study to analyze foreign policy decision making in Latin America. Below’s study takes a regional perspective in order to examine why coun- tries in Latin America made disparate foreign policy choices when they were faced with the same decision. The book looks at the decisions in Argentina, Mexico, and Venezuela via a process-tracing method. Below uses informa- tion obtained from primary and secondary documents and elite interviews to help reconstruct the processes, and augments her reconstruction with a content analysis of Conference of the Parties speeches by presidents and country delegates. The book complies with convention in the field by argu- ing that systemic, national, and individual-level factors simultaneously impact foreign policy decisions, but it makes the additional claim that role theory most accurately accounts for relationships between variables. Environmental Politics and Foreign Policy Decision Making in Latin America considers a variety of factors on individual, national, and interna- tional levels of analysis and shows that the foreign policy decisions are best viewed through the prism of role theory. The book also draws conclusions about the value of role theory in general and about environmental foreign policy decisions in developing countries, which will be of value to both policy makers and academics. Amy Below is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Oregon State University. Role Theory and International Relations Edited by Cameron G. Thies, University of Iowa, and Juliet Kaarbo, University of Edinburgh The R ole Theory and International Relations Series aspires to attract and publish the latest and best research integrating knowledge in the field of international relations with role theory. This aspiration cuts across a wide swath of subfields, including foreign policy analysis, peace and security stud- ies, international political economy, diplomatic studies, and international organization. While each of these subfields of study is presently organized as an “island of theory,” this series intends to integrate their signature phe- nomena within a system of knowledge, a “theory complex,” or an alliance among different subfields. This series showcases the ability of role theory to generate useful theoretical insights on its own or in combination with existing theories across these traditional subfields. Role theory’s conceptual repertoire, plus its ability to span multiple levels of analyses and the major meta-theoretical divides in the discipline, position it to be an important inte- grative force in the study of international relations. 1. Rethinking Foreign Policy 3. Role Theory and the Cognitive Analysis Architecture of British States, Leaders, and the Appeasement Decisions Microfoundations of Behavioral Symbolic and Strategic Interaction International Relations in World Politics Edited by Stephen G. Walker, Akan Stephen G. Walker Malici, and Mark Schafer 4. Environmental Politics and 2. The United States, Israel, and the Foreign Policy Decision Making Search for International Order in Latin America Socializing States Ratifying the Kyoto Protocol Cameron G. Thies Amy Below Environmental Politics and Foreign Policy Decision Making in Latin America Ratifying the Kyoto Protocol Amy Below First published 2015 by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 and by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2015 Taylor & Francis The right of Amy Below to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark Notice : Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Below, Amy. Environmental politics and foreign policy decision making in Latin America : ratifying the Kyoto Protocol / Amy Below. pages cm. — (Role theory and international relations ; 4) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Environmental policy—Latin America. 2. Latin America— Foreign relations—Decision making. 3. Latin America—Foreign relations—21st century. 4. Environmental protection—International cooperation. 5. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992 May 9). Protocols, etc. (1997 December 11) I. Title. GE190.L29B45 2014 363.7ʹ0561098—dc23 2014032658 ISBN: 978-0-415-70330-7 (hbk) ISBN: 978-0-203-79474-6 (ebk) Typeset in Sabon by Apex CoVantage, LLC For Elsa and Quinton This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Figures ix List of Tables xi Acknowledgements xiii PART I 1 Role Theory and the Kyoto Protocol 3 2 Theoretical Debates in International Relations and Foreign Policy Analysis 14 3 Role Theory and Foreign Policy Decisions 27 4 Role Articulation and Performance 42 PART II Argentina 5 Menem’s Voluntary Commitment to the United States 61 6 Role Conceptions and President Menem 77 PART III Mexico 7 Zedillo’s Dual Move for Stewardship and Leadership 91 8 Role Conceptions and President Zedillo 110 viii Contents PART IV Venezuela 9 Chávez’s Revolutionary Change of Heart 123 10 Role Conceptions and President Chávez 144 PART V 11 International Context and Changing Roles 159 12 Conclusions and Contributions: Role Theory Assessed 172 Appendix: Methodological and Theoretical Considerations 187 Bibliography 191 Index 199 Figures 4.1 Relationships between Role Articulations 55 12.1 Determinants of Role Makers versus Role Takers 180
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