Drugs and democracy in Latin America : the impact of U.S. policy / Coletta A. Youngers and Eileen Rosin, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Youngers, Coletta.

Rosin, Eileen, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug control--Latin America--International cooperation.

Drug control.

Drug control--Caribbean Area--International cooperation.

Drug control--United States--International cooperation.

Human rights--Latin America.

Human rights.

International cooperation.

Latin America.

Human rights--Caribbean Area.

Caribbean Area.

United States.

Physical Description:

xi, 414 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : L. Rienner, 2004.

Contents:

The U.S "War on Drugs" : its impact in Latin America and the Caribbean / Coletta A. Youngers and Eileen Rosin

The U.S. military in the war on drugs / Adam Isacson

U.S. police assistance and drug control policies / Rachel Neild

Colombia : a vicious circle of drugs and war / María Clemencia Ramírez Lemus, Kimberly Stanton, and John Walsh

Bolivia : clear consequences / Kathryn Ledebur

Peru : drug control policy, human rights, and democracy / Isaías Rojas

Ecuador : untangling the drug war / Fredy Rivera Vélez

Mexico : the militarization trap / Laurie Freeman and Jorge Luis Sierra

The Caribbean : the "third border" and the war on drugs / Jorge Rodríguez Beruff and Gerardo Cordero

The collateral damage of the U.S. war on drugs : conclusions and recommendations / Coletta A. Youngers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-396) and index.

ISBN:

1588262782

1588262545

OCLC:

55764577