U.S.-Latin American Relations (Innbundet (stive permer))

This revised and updated third edition of Kryzanek's text includes new data and analysis on the key events and controversies that have shaped US-Latin American relations through the first half of the Clinton administration. New and updated material addresses NAFTA, the recent Mexican political and financial crisis, Haiti, and other headline events since the last edition in 1990. In addition, the work includes a new chapter examining current issues of US hemispheric relations including NAFTA, the drug wars, immigration, the impact of the global economy and multilateral solutions to regional problems. This should be a valuable text for scholars and students in Latin American studies and international relations.

Introduction: The Political, Economic, and Social Setting; The Evolution of US-Latin American Relations; The Monroe Doctrine and the Emergence of US Power; Interventionism, Cooperation, and Revolution; Castroism and the Challenge to US Power; Contemporary Relations: Reagan, Bush, and Clinton; Reagan's Reliance on Capital and Containment; Elements of Latin American Policy Making; Governmental Participants in Latin American Policy Making; Non-governmental Participants in Latin American Policy Making; Shaping US-Latin American Policy: The Human Element; Key Issues of US-Latin American Relations; The Fragile Hold of Democracy; Responding to an Ever-changing Region; Conclusion: The United States and the New Latin America.