International Security and Democracy : Latin America and the Caribbean in the Post-Cold War Era / edited by Jorge I. Domínguez.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Domínguez, Jorge I., editor.

Series:

Pitt Latin American series.

Pitt Latin American Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Security, International.

Civil supremacy over the military.

Latin America--Foreign relations--1980-.

Latin America.

Caribbean Area--Foreign relations.

Caribbean Area.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, [1998]

Summary:

Dominguez has drawn together fifteen leading scholars on international relations and comparative politics from Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States, thus bringing to bear varying national perspectives from several corners of the hemisphere to analyze the intersection between regional security issues and the democracy building process in Latin America.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Tables

Preface

List of Acronyms

1. Security, Peace, and Democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean Challenges for the Post-Cold War Era

2. The Use of Force in Latin American Interstate Relations

Part I: The Transformation of Interstate Relations in Southern South America

3. Argentina's Security Policies: Their Rationale and Regional Context

4. Transition and Civil-Military Relations in Chile: Contributions in a New International Framework

5. Security Policies, Democratization, and Regional Integration in the Southern Cone

Part II: The Impact on Latin American Countries of Participation in UN Missions

6. Institutionalization, Cooperative Security, and Peacekeeping Operations: The Argentine Experience

7. Peacekeeping and its Effects on Civil-Military Relations: The Argentine Experience

8. Exporting Peace by Other Means: Venezuela

Part III: New and Nontraditional Security Threats in Central America and the Anglophone Caribbean

9. Security Collaboration and Confidence Building in the Americas

10. The Illicit Drug Trade in the Caribbean

11. Central American Regional Security: Postwar Prospects for Peace and Democracy

12. Security, Agenda, and Military Balance in Central America: Limits to Democratic Consolidation in the 1990s

Part IV: U.S. Foreign and Military Policy and Inter-American Security Issues and Institutions

13. Why Latin America May Miss the Cold War: The United States and the Future of Inter-American Security Relations

14. Chameleon, Tortoise, or Toad: The Changing U.S. Security Role in Contemporary Latin America

Notes

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780822975007

0822975009