Latin American Politics

While criminal enterprises operate in a more complex and uncertain setting than licit firms, their competitive success is determined in fundamentally similar ways. This book applies models developed by geographers to explain the spatial behavior of licit multinational firms to the operations of Lati..

_x000D_ Based on primary research carried out over a period of twenty years using original qualitative data, Marukh Doctor’s book evaluates the political economy of reform in Brazil and the difficulty of implementing institutional modernization in the context of opposition from vested interests orig..

The geo-political significance of the Caribbean, its growing importance as a major transshipment gateway for illegal drugs coming from Latin America to the United States, issues of national security, vulnerability to corruption, increases in the level of violence and social disorder, have all raised..

Explores the cases that have resisted the U.S. pressure to adopt a militarized approach to fight against drug trafficking in Latin America and the Caribbean...

Breaks new ground in the study of participatory governance by combining qualitative and quantitative research methods. Donaghy uses data from Brazil’s 5,564 municipalities and fieldwork from five Brazilian cities to test whether participatory municipal housing councils are associated with an increas..

In this book, Orlando J. Pérez expertly examines the competing theories of civil-military relations in Central America to advance our understanding of the origins, consequences and persistence of militarism in Latin America. Combining both qualitative and quantitative data, Pérez bridges the gap bet..

In this book, Orlando J. Pérez expertly examines the competing theories of civil-military relations in Central America to advance our understanding of the origins, consequences and persistence of militarism in Latin America. Combining both qualitative and quantitative data, Pérez bridges the gap bet..

This textbook introduces students to the study of Latin American politics by drawing from theories of comparative politics and integrating country-specific discussions into a topical organization. The themes of democratization and globalization are central...

This textbook introduces students to the study of Latin American politics by drawing from theories of comparative politics and integrating country-specific discussions into a topical organization. The themes of democratization and globalization are central...

The second edition of Contemporary U.S.-Latin American Relations focuses on the near-neighbors of the United States—Mexico, Cuba, the Caribbean, and Central America—as well as the larger countries of South America—including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela. Each chapter addres..

In this book, an all-star cast of experts on Cuban Politics critically address the recent past and present in U.S.-Cuban relations in their full complexity and subtlety to develop a perspective on the evolution of the conflict and an inventory of forms of cooperation. This much needed approach provi..

In this book, an all-star cast of experts on Cuban Politics critically address the recent past and present in U.S.-Cuban relations in their full complexity and subtlety to develop a perspective on the evolution of the conflict and an inventory of forms of cooperation. This much needed approach provi..