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Reconceptualizing security in the Americas in the twenty-first century / edited by Bruce M. Bagley, Jonathan D. Rosen, and Hanna Samir Kassab.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Security in the Americas in the twenty-first century.
- Security in the Americas in the twenty-first century
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Security, International--Latin America.
- Security, International.
- Internal security--Latin America.
- Internal security.
- Human security--Latin America.
- Human security.
- Insurgency--Latin America.
- Insurgency.
- Organized crime--Latin America.
- Organized crime.
- Drug traffic--Latin America.
- Drug traffic.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (369 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Section 1: Reconceptualizing SecurityHanna KassabHanna KassabAlberto Lozano-VázquezSection 2: Terrorism, Insurgency and Challenges to the State: A Conceptual Analysis-Bradford R. McGuinnLilian YaffeJorge ChabatSection 3: Organized Crime and Drug TraffickingJuan Carlos Garzón VergaraJoseph M. HumireAdam IsacsonSebastían Antonio Cutrona Barnett S. Koven and Cynthia McClintockSection 4: The New Security AgendaR. Evan Ellis Development and Inequality in the Americas-Ali R. Bustamante Rémi Piet Sherri L. PorcelainDaniel Suman Roberto Zepeda Martínez
- Contents:
- The hemisphere and declining U.S. hegemony / Hanna Kassab
- Reconceptualizing security priorities of the hemisphere / Hanna Kassab
- Desecuritization : reestablishing priorities of the hemisphere / Alberto Lozano-Vazquez
- In the name of vindice : Latin America's "endemic pattern" of violence : a conceptual analysis / Bradford R. McGuinn
- Colombia : prospects for peace in the 21st century : past failures, present challenges and future opportunities / Lilian Yaffe
- Mexico : violence in Mexico : in search of an explanation / Jorge Chabat
- Organized crime and drug trafficking : trends and supply chains / Juan Carlos Garzón Vergara
- Venezuela : trends in organized crime / Joseph M. Humire
- Drug trafficking and organized crime in Colombia : major challenges for the Santos administration / Adam Isacson
- A "full-cycle-country" : how Argentina's new role within the political economy of illicit drugs is transforming the structure of organized crime / Sebastian Antonio Cutrona
- The evolution of Peru's Shining Path and the new security priorities in the hemisphere / Barnett S. Koven and Cynthia McClintock
- The rise of China in the Americas / R. Evan Ellis
- Development and inequality in the Americas / Ali R. Bustamante
- Resource security : energy and environment / Rémi Piet
- Health security challenges in the Americas : newly emerging and reemerging infectious diseases / Sherri L. Porcelain
- Environmental security of coastal resources in Latin America / Daniel Suman
- Migration in the Americas / Roberto Zepeda Martinez.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-7391-9487-9
- 0-7391-9486-0
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