Skip to main content

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...
  • Resource Nationalism and Energy Policy

    Venezuela in Context

    Series series Center on Global Energy Policy Series
    It is widely thought that state ownership of natural resources, oil and natural gas in particular, causes countries to fall under the sway of the “resource curse.” In such cases, governments allegedly display “resource nationalism,” which destabilizes the economy, society, and politics. In this book, David R. Mares dispels these beliefs and develops a powerful new account of the relationship ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Resource Nationalism and Energy Policy

    Venezuela in Context

    Series series Center on Global Energy Policy Series
    It is widely thought that state ownership of natural resources, oil and natural gas in particular, causes countries to fall under the sway of the “resource curse.” In such cases, governments allegedly display “resource nationalism,” which destabilizes the economy, society, and politics. In this book, David R. Mares dispels these beliefs and develops a powerful new account of the relationship ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Violent Peace

    Militarized Interstate Bargaining in Latin America

    When is military force an acceptable tool of foreign policy? Why do democracies use force against each other? David R. Mares argues that the key factors influencing political leaders in all types of polities are the costs to their constituencies of using force and whether the leader can survive their displeasure if the costs exceed what they are willing to pay. Violent Peace proposes a conceptual ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Aspirational Power

    Brazil on the Long Road to Global Influence

    Series series Geopolitics in the 21st Century
    As the largest country in South America by land mass and population, Brazil has been marked since its’ independence by a belief that it has a potential to be more than merely a very large country. Set apart from the rest of the hemisphere by culture, language and history, Brazil has also been viewed by its neighbors as a potential great power, and at times, a threat. But even though domestic ... Read more

    $29.19 USD

  • Power, Institutions, and Leadership in War and Peace

    Lessons from Peru and Ecuador, 1995–1998

    In January 1995, fighting broke out between Ecuadorian and Peruvian military forces in a remote section of the Amazon. It took more than three years and the interplay of multiple actors and factors to achieve a definitive peace agreement, thus ending what had been the region's oldest unresolved border dispute. This conflict and its resolution provide insights about other unresolved and/or disputed ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Civil-military Relations

    Building Democracy And Regional Security In Latin America, Southern Asia, And Central Europe

    by David R Mares ...
    This book analyses the normative and institutional aspects of the civil-military relationship to demonstrate that it is the politics of the relationship rather than its form that influences the likelihood of democracy and regional peace. It is useful for policymakers, academics, and general readers. ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • United States and Chile

    Coming in From the Cold

    Series series Contemporary Inter-American Relations
    The United States and Chile is the ideal introduction to U.S.- Chilean relations. From our strained Cold War relations and the Allende assassination to current democratic and economic development, senior scholars Mares and Aravena deftly trace the path of the relationship from early partners, through tense Cold War stand-offs, to the slowly warming relations of the present. The authors include ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Routledge Handbook of Latin American Security

    This new Handbook is a comprehensive collection of cutting-edge essays on all aspects of Latin American Security by a mix of established and emerging scholars.The Routledge Handbook of Latin American Security identifies the key contemporary topics of research and debate, taking into account that the study of Latin America’s comparative and international politics has undergone dramatic changes ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

People who read these also enjoyed

  • The Cuban Revolution

    For more than fifty years, the revolutionary experience in Cuba was the stage for such re markable personalities as Che Guevara and for dramatic events like the missile crisis. All these 20th century historic icons are interwoven with the deep internal restructuring of the Cuban economy and society, and the related challenge to the United States' prior unopposed hegemony over Latin America. The ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dancing with Dynamite

    Social Movements and States in Latin America

    Grassroots social movements played a major role electing left-leaning governments throughout Latin America. Subsequent relations between these states and "the streets" remain troubled. Contextualizing recent developments historically, Dangl untangles the contradictions of state-focused social change, providing lessons for activists everywhere. ... Read more

    $12.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The United States and Central America

    Geopolitical Realities and Regional Fragility

    Series series Contemporary Inter-American Relations
    This book is a concise overview of the recent history of U.S.-Central American relations. Part of the Contemporary Inter-American Relations series edited by Jorge Dominguez and Rafael Fernandez de Castro, it focuses on the relations between the U.S. and this region since the end of the Cold War.The volume considers economic relations between the two regions, presenting pertinent information on the ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

  • Revolution!

    South America and the Rise of the New Left

    In the past few years, South America has witnessed the rise of leftist governments coming into power on the heels of dramatic social and political unrest. From Hugo Chávez in Venezuela to Evo Morales, the indigenous head of state of Bolivia, and Michelle Bachelet, the first woman president in Chile, the faces of South American politics are changing rapidly and radically.In this timely and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus