Providing an in-depth study of the construction of foreign policy in developing countries, Martin Mullins takes an original line of both a post-positivist methodology and an acceptance of the importance of the realism in foreign policy formation in the Southern Cone countries from the early 1980s to the present day.

Martin Mullins is a Lecturer of Risk Management at Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Ireland.

Contents: Preface; Introduction; Theoretical considerations: the need for inclusive approaches; Argentine foreign policy; Brazilian foreign policy; Chilean foreign policy; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.