Neoliberalism and neopanamericanism : the view from Latin America / edited by Gary Prevost and Carlos Oliva Campos.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Prevost, Gary.

Oliva Campos, Carlos, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin America--Economic policy.

Latin America.

Economic policy.

America--Economic integration.

America.

Pan-Americanism.

Latin America--Foreign relations--United States.

International relations.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--Latin America.

Latin America--Foreign economic relations--United States.

International economic relations.

United States--Foreign economic relations--Latin America.

Latin America--Politics and government--1980-.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xiii, 288 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.

Summary:

In this edited volume fourteen scholars, mostly from Latin America, analyze the current state of relations between North America and Latin America in a number of sectors--economic, security, politics, and the environment. Particular attention is paid to processes of economic integration that dominated political discussions during the decade of the 1990s - North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), MERCOSUR, the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA). Because most of the scholars are from Latin America, the book has a perspective that is often lacking in books on similar scholars written almost exclusively by scholars from the U.S.

Contents:

1. The United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean: From Panamericanism to Neopanamericanism / Carlos Oliva Campos 3

2. Culture and National Interest in the United States: Conservative Perceptions of Latin America / Luis Fernando Ayerbe 29

3. Governance, Security, and Interamerican Relations: A Critique of the Liberal Paradigm / Carlos Alzugaray Treto 47

4. The Prospects for the Free Trade Area of the Americas in the Bush Administration / Gary Prevost, Robert Weber 67

5. Latin American Armed Forces Facing the Challenges of the Twenty-First Century: Defense and Security / Hector Luis Saint-Pierre 105

6. Caribbean Community at the Crossroads / Armando Lopez Coll 121

7. Harmonization of Environmental Regulations: Risks and Opportunities for Developing Countries / Luciana Togeiro 143

8. The Effects of Globalization and Neoliberalism in Central America: Nicaragua and Costa Rica / Harry E. Vanden 161

9. Globalization and Regional Integration in Latin America / Dorothea Melcher 175

10. Argentinean Foreign Policies: Changes and Continuities in the Relationships with the United States and MER COSUR / Sandra Colombo 199

11. The Geopolitics of the Relationship between Mexico and the United States / Jaime Preciado Coronado, Jorge Hernandez 215

12. MER COSUR: Democracy and Political Actors / Tullo Vigevani, Karina Pasquariello Mariano, Marcelo Fernandes de Oliveira, Marilia Campus 239.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0312294565

OCLC:

49226352