Greater America : a new partnership for the Americas in the twenty-first century / L. Ronald Scheman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scheman, L. Ronald.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Latin America--Relations--United States.

Latin America.

United States--Relations--Latin America.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Can democracy develop in Latin America without United States assistance? Why should the United States care? Why is Latin America relevant to U.S. economic growth in global competition? In Greater America: A New Partnership for the Americas in the 21st Century L. Ronald Scheman argues that our future lies not in Europe, Asia, or the Middle East but right here in our own backyard-the Western Hemisphere. He shows how the political and cultural legacy of colonization, immigration, assimilation and pluralism binds North, Central and South America, and how the trends in market growth and resources...

Contents:

Stormy relationships, new dynamics

Global wallflower : overlooking the Americas in U.S. foreign relations

The United States and Latin America : tackling history

U.S. security : shifting realities

The emerging inter-American partnership

The trauma of the 1980s

Where the puck is going : the world changes

Poverty and the lack of education : the dormant volcano

Undermining prosperity : corruption and narcotics

The Americas in the global economy : building a Greater America

Commerce and foreign policy

The new Americans

The new geopolitics of Latin America

The muse of the markets

Trade and integration

Investment and economic growth

Building a greater America.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780814739884

0814739881

9780814786895

0814786898

9781417568642

141756864X

OCLC:

779828376