U.S. and Latin American Relations
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The third edition of U.S. and Latin American Relations offers detailed theoretical and historical analyses essential for understanding contemporary US-Latin American relations. Utilizing four different theories (realism, liberal institutionalism, dependency, and autonomy) as a framework, the text provides a succinct history of relations from Latin American independence through the Covid-19 era before then examining critical contemporary issues such as immigration, human rights, and challenges to US hegemony. Engaging pedagogical features such as timelines, research questions, and annotated resources appear throughout…
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Key features
- Integrates four different frameworks (realism, liberalism institutionalism, dependency theory, and the autonomy approach), thereby empowering students to link political history and current events to key international relations theories
- Reviews the history of US-Latin American relations from the nineteenth century to the present, reinforcing the material through accessible timelines and excerpts from primary sources
- Examines key areas of current conflict and cooperation, including debt and trade, human rights, immigration, and crime and corruption
- Investigates challenges to US hegemony and the specific involvement of extrahemispheric actors such as China, Russia, Iran, Japan, and India, while considering how different frameworks explain these developments
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- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009206006
- Subjects Area Studies,International Relations and International Organisations,Latin American Government, Politics and Policy,Latin American Studies,Politics and International Relations
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 01 December 2022
- ISBN: 9781009205962
- Dimensions (mm): 244 x 170 mm
- Weight: 0.76kg
- Contains: 14 b/w illus. 8 tables
- Page extent: 326 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Hardback
- Publication date: 01 December 2022
- ISBN: 9781009205993
- Dimensions (mm): 244 x 170 mm
- Weight: 0.92kg
- Contains: 14 b/w illus. 8 tables
- Page extent: 326 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 08 December 2022
- ISBN: 9781009206006
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