A terceira democratização do século XXI

democracia. O construtivismo, tal como proposto por Kratochwil, consiste no modelo teórico escolhido para fundamentar esse estudo. Palavras-chave: Construtivismo, Relações Internacionais, Promoção da democracia, Estados Unidos, América Latina. 5 ABSTRACT BARROSO, J. L. V. Analysis of the intersubjective context: the United States diplomatic policy for democracy promotion in the post-Cold War. 2010. 180 f. Tese (Doutorado) Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas, São Paulo, 2010. This research focuses on the United States diplomatic policy of democracy promotion toward Latin America on three specific cases: the coup in Haiti in 1991 and the resignation of President Aristide, in 2004, the self-coup in 1992 in Peru' and the electoral crisis of 2000 in the same country; and the 'constitutional coup' in Honduras, in 2009. The cases help to identify key elements that explain the policy decisions related to the U.S. democracy agenda for the hemisphere. The guidelines of the Organization of American States (OAS) for the theme, which consists of Resolution 1080, later replaced by the Inter-American Democratic Charter, also act as a normative frame of reference for decision makers. In general, the institutional features of democratic rule, markedly electoral processes appear to be the main element to guide the decisions of actors related to the defense of democracy. Constructivism, as proposed by Kratochwil, is the theoretical model chosen…