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Latin America and the Caribbean in the global context : why care about the Americas? / Betty Horwitz and Bruce M. Bagley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Horwitz, Betty, 1956- author.
- Bagley, Bruce Michael, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Latin America--Foreign relations.
- Latin America.
- International relations.
- Caribbean Area--Foreign relations.
- Caribbean Area.
- Latin America--Politics and government.
- Politics and government.
- Caribbean Area--Politics and government.
- Latin America--Economic conditions.
- Economic conditions.
- Caribbean Area--Economic conditions.
- Diplomatic relations.
- Economic history.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 273 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.
- Contents:
- Part I. Why Latin America and the Caribbean matter
- Why care about what happens in Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC)?
- The insertion of Latin America and the Caribbean in world history
- A theoretical framework to understand world affairs
- Part II. Latin America and the Caribbean: power and political economy
- Economic power: commodity booms and busts
- Latin America and the Caribbean: political economy in the twenty first century
- Part III. Security and democracy
- Power: political institutions and democracy
- Electoral democracies in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Challenges to democracy: drug trafficking, organized crime and terrorist networks in LAC
- Part IV. Latin America and the Caribbean in the world stage
- Latin America and the Caribbean and the development of the inter-American system
- We should care about Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415877442
- 041587744X
- 9780415877459
- 0415877458
- OCLC:
- 701015723
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