La política de la cooperación internacional para el desarrollo: los países argamasa y el caso de México como proceso de localización normativa invertida

Abstract

This article analizes the role of Mexico in the International Development Cooperation (IDC) regime as an instance of inverted normative localization. The first three sections look at the historical context in which IDC originated and became an international norm, the changes brought to it by the end of the Cold War, and the emergence of the BRICs, respecively; the fourth section introduces the concept of “mortar countries” to refer to those that serve as a link or cement between the two main camps in politics of the IDC regime. Finally, the article deals in some detail with the Mexican case as an instance of a “mortar country” country that localized the international norm in an inverted or modified manner.