Transforming Latin America by Craig Arceneaux
This ambitious book offers a clear and unified framework for understanding political change across Latin America. The impact of U.S. hegemony and the global economic system on the region is widely known, and scholars and advocates alike point to Latin America\u2019s vulnerability in the face of external forces. In spite of such foreign pressure, however, individual countries continue to chart their own courses, displaying considerable variation in political and economic life. Looking broadly across the Western Hemisphere, with examples from Brazil, the Southern Cone, the Andes, and Central America, Arceneaux and Pion-Berlin identify general rules that explain how international and domestic politics interact in specific contexts. The detailed, accessible case studies cast new light on such central problems as neoliberal economic reform, democratization, human rights, regional security, environmental degradation, drug trafficking, and immigration. And they consider not only what actors, institutions, and ideas matter in particular political contexts, but when, where, and how they matter. By dividing issues into the domains of \u0022high\u0022 and \u0022low\u0022 politics, and differentiating between short-term problems and more permanent concerns, they create an innovative typology for analyzing a wide variety of political events and trends.
An important addition to the literature on Latin America in world politicsIt proposes an interesting and original framework for understanding the conditions that account for the shifting balance toward the domestic and the international in situations of political change.Ariel Armony, Colby College
Craig Arceneaux is assistant professor of political science at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780822958826 |
| ISBN 10 | 0822958821 |
| Title | Transforming Latin America |
| Author | Craig Arceneaux |
| Series | Pitt Latin American Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Pittsburgh Press |
| Year published | 2005-07-15 |
| Number of pages | 280 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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