Democracy as an object of analysis in the International Relations Theory in the post-Cold War/A democracia como objeto de analise na Teoria das Relacoes Internacionais no pos-Guerra Fria

The theoretical perspectives that have emerged in the post-Cold War emphasized the relevance of the domestic variables in the International Relations Theory study. Considering the ontological changes inside the subdiscipline after 1990, this article aims to analyze the importance of democracy in the hermeneutic scope of the liberal, critical and constructivist theories. Keywords: Post-Cold War, Theory of International Relations, democracy. As correntes teoricas que surgiram no pos-Guerra Fria destacaram a relevancia das variaveis domesticas no estudo da Teoria das Relacoes Internacionais. Considerando as transformacoes ontologicas ocorridas na subdisciplina apos 1990, o presente artigo tem como objetivo analisar a importancia da democracia no escopo hermeneutico das teorias liberal, critica e construtivista. Palavras-chave: Pos-Guerra Fria, Teoria das Relacoes Internacionais, democracia.