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  • Democracy and Security in Latin America

    State Capacity and Governance under Stress

    The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for governments to generate the necessary capacity to address important security and institutional challenges; this volume deepens our understanding of the nature and extent of state governance in Latin America.State capacity is multidimensional, with all elements interacting to produce stable governance and security. As such, a collection of scholars ... Leer más

    $58.99 USD

  • Culture and National Security in the Americas

    Series series Security in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century
    With contributions from leading experts, Culture and National Security in the Americas examines the most influential historical, geographic, cultural, political, economic, and military considerations shaping national security policies throughout the Americas. In this volume, contributors explore the actors and institutions responsible for perpetuating security cultures over time and the changes ... Leer más

    $121.99 USD

  • Prisons in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century

    A Human Dumping Ground

    Series series Security in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century
    This volume on penitentiary systems in the Americas offers a long-overdue look at the prisons that exist at the forefront of the ongoing struggle against drugs and violence throughout North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean. From Haiti to Bolivia, the authors examine the conditions in these systems, and allow several common themes to emerge, including the alarming prevalence of lengthy ... Leer más

    $44.99 USD

  • Cooperation and Drug Policies in the Americas

    Trends in the Twenty-First Century

    Series series Security in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century
    This volume examines drug policies and the role of cooperation in the Americas. Many current and former politicians have discussed the failures of the war on drugs and the need for alternative approaches. Uruguay as well as Colorado and Washington have legalized marijuana. The Organization of American states produced a report in 2013 which discussed alternative policy options to the drug war. This ... Leer más

    $46.99 USD

  • The New US Security Agenda

    Trends and Emerging Threats

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    War, nuclear weapons, and terrorism are all major threats to US security, but a new set of emerging threats are challenging the current threat response apparatus and our ability to come up with creative and effective solutions. This book considers new, 'non-traditional' security issues such as: transnational organized crime, immigration and border security, cybersecurity, countering violent ... Leer más

    $80.99 USD

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    de Monica Hirst ...
    Series series Coleção Política Externa Brasileira
    The Brazil-United States relations represent a huge potential, but in recent decades have suffered from lack of communication and understanding between academics and policymakers from both countries. This book goes a long way towards demystifyingthis relationship. Covering from the final decades of the 19th century until the period of the Rousseff and Obama administrations,the work apprehends the ... Leer más

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  • Latin America at 200

    A New Introduction

    Series series Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture
    Between 2010 and 2025, most of the countries of Latin America will commemorate two centuries of independence, and Latin Americans have much to celebrate at this milestone. Most countries have enjoyed periods of sustained growth, while inequality is showing modest declines and the middle class is expanding. Dictatorships have been left behind, and all major political actors seem to have accepted ... Leer más

    $35.99 USD

  • From Rebellion to Reform in Bolivia

    Class Struggle, Indigenous Liberation, and the Politics of Evo Morales

    Evo Morales rode to power on a wave of popular mobilizations against the neoliberal policies enforced by his predecessors. Yet many of his economic policies bare striking resemblance to the status quo he was meant to displace. Based in part on dozens of interviews with leading Bolivian activists, Jeff Webber examines the contradictions of Morales' first term in office. ... Leer más

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  • Dancing with Dynamite

    Social Movements and States in Latin America

    Grassroots social movements played a major role electing left-leaning governments throughout Latin America. Subsequent relations between these states and "the streets" remain troubled. Contextualizing recent developments historically, Dangl untangles the contradictions of state-focused social change, providing lessons for activists everywhere. ... Leer más

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  • Blood of Extraction

    Canadian Imperialism in Latin America

    Rooted in thousands of pages of Access to Information documents and dozens of interviews carried out throughout Latin America, Blood of Extraction examines the increasing presence of Canadian mining companies in Latin America and the environmental and human rights abuses that have occurred as a result. By following the money, Gordon and Webber illustrate the myriad ways Canadian-based ... Leer más

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  • Latin America's Turbulent Transitions

    The Future of Twenty-First Century Socialism

    Over the past few years, something remarkable has occurred in Latin America. For the first time since the Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua in the 1980s, people within the region have turned toward radical left governments - specifically in Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador. Why has this profound shift taken place and how does this new, so-called Twenty-First-Century Socialism actually manifest ... Leer más

    $26.99 USD

  • Latin American Foreign Policies

    Between Ideology and Pragmatism

    de Peter Lambert ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    In recent years several Latin American countries have adopted a more assertive and autonomous stance in their foreign policy. The growing rejection of neo-liberalism as an ideological dogma seems to have given space to more pragmatic stances in favour of national interests. ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD