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  • Rivalry and Alliance Politics in Cold War Latin America

    de Christopher Darnton ...
    The success or failure of foreign policy initiatives in Latin America is heavily influenced by bureaucratic and military background players.Rivalry and Alliance Politics in Cold War Latin America, Christopher Darnton’s comparative study of the nature of conflict between Latin American states during the Cold War, provides a counterintuitive and shrewd explanation of why diplomacy does or doesn’t ... Leer más

    $39.99 USD

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  • Rio

    The Story of the Marvelous City

    de Orde Morton ...
    Rio de Janeiro’s is a lush, complex history that spans five centuries, and Marvelous City is the first full length retelling of that history written in English. From the beach life of the Ipanema and Copacabana to the struggles of the Rio’s infamous favelas, this is a story of contrast and contradiction. We are offered a glimpse into Rio’s high society and rich culture and are shown the endemic ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • A War that Can’t Be Won

    Binational Perspectives on the War on Drugs

    de Kathleen Staudt, Z. Anthony Kruszewski ...
    More than forty years have passed since President Richard Nixon described illegal drugs as “public enemy number one” and declared a “War on Drugs.” Recently the United Nations Global Commission on Drug Policy declared that “the global war on drugs has failed with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world.” Arguably, no other country has suffered as much from the War ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD

  • Brazil

    Reversal of Fortune

    de Alfred P. Montero ...
    Once deemed a “dysfunctional” democracy with a “feckless” set of political institutions and a “drunk” economy, today’s Brazil has undergone a complete reversal of fortune. Now in its third decade of democracy, the economy is blossoming and large-scale development projects are underway, including the exploitation of massive, off-shore oil reserves, a nationwide effort to modernize infrastructure, ... Leer más

    $22.00 USD

  • The Idea of Haiti

    Rethinking Crisis and Development

    Edición de Millery Polyné ...
    After Haiti was struck by a devastating earthquake on January 12, 2010, aid workers and offers of support poured in from around the world. Tellingly, though, news reports on the catastrophe and relief efforts frequently included a pejorative description of the country that outsiders were determined to rebuild: the troubled island nation, a nation plagued by political violence. There was much talk ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • Memory and Transitional Justice in Argentina and Uruguay

    Against Impunity

    de Francesca Lessa ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This interdisciplinary study explores the interaction between memory and transitional justice in post-dictatorship Argentina and Uruguay and develops a theoretical framework for bringing these two fields of study together through the concept of critical junctures. ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD

  • A Miracle, a Universe

    Settling Accounts with Torturers

    de Lawrence Weschler ...
    In recent years as countries around the globe have begun to move from dictatorial to more democratic systems of governance, no more traumatic (or dramatic) ethical problem has arisen than what to do with the previous regime’s torturers. In most cases, the security and military apparatuses, responsible for the overwhelming majority of human-rights abuses, still retain tremendous power—and will not ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Radical Theory Caribbean Reality: Race, Class and Social Domination

    de Charles W. Mills ...
    The book is a collection of articles written over many years that explores the common themes of race and class in the Caribbean and the attempt to overcome social domination. ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Film and Democracy in Paraguay

    de Eva Karene Romero ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book is dedicated to the study of Paraguayan film, particularly small cinemas and movies which represent a socio-politically charged perspective that has until now been overlooked in Latin American Studies. Romero demonstrates that these films are critical to understanding the dynamics of politics and cultural identity in Latin America as a whole. An in-depth exploration of the Latin American ... Leer más

    $80.99 USD

  • Social Stratification in Central Mexico, 1500-2000

    de Hugo G. Nutini, Barry L. Isaac ...
    In Aztec and colonial Central Mexico, every individual was destined for lifelong placement in a legally defined social stratum or estate. Social mobility became possible after independence from Spain in 1821 and increased after the 1910–1920 Revolution. By 2000, the landed aristocracy that was for long Mexico's ruling class had been replaced by a plutocracy whose wealth derives from manufacturing, ... Leer más

    $26.99 USD

  • Addicted to Failure

    U.S. Security Policy in Latin America and the Andean Region

    Edición de Brian Loveman ...
    Series series Latin American Silhouettes
    For supplementary documentation and useful websites, click here.This perceptive book critically explores why the United States continues to pursue failed policies in Latin America. What elements of the U.S. and Latin American political systems have allowed the Cold War, the war on drugs, and the war on terror to be conflated? Why do U.S. policies—ostensibly designed to promote the rule of law, ... Leer más

    $55.99 USD

  • Social Environmental Conflicts in Mexico

    Resistance to Dispossession and Alternatives from Below

    Edición de Darcy Tetreault, Cindy McCulligh, Carlos Lucio ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    What are the political economic conditions that have given rise to increasing numbers of social environmental conflicts in Mexico? Why do these conflicts arise in some local and regional contexts and not in others? How are social environmental movements constructed and sustained? And what are the alternatives? These are the questions that this book seeks to address. It is organized into three ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD