The Bush Doctrine and Latin America / Edition 1

by G. Prevost, C. Campos

Overview

This volume focuses on the contemporary political, economic and security affairs of the Western Hemisphere. Following a decade of focus on economic matters around the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), the authors argue that the Bush Doctrine formed in the wake of 9/11 has resulted in a renewed U.S. concentration on security matters.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403973870
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	01/14/2007
Edition description:	2007
Pages:	261
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

Gary Prevost is a Professor of Political Science at St. John's University and the College of Saint Benedict in Collegeville, Minnesota. He has published widely on Latin America and Spain. His books include Politics in Latin America: The Power Game; Neoliberalism and Neo Panamericanism: The View from Latin America; The Undermining of the Sandinista Revolution; and Politics and Change in Spain.

Carlos Oliva Campos is the Executive Director of the Association for Our America (AUNA) in Havana, Cuba, and former Associate Researcher of the Center for the Study of the United States at the University of Havana. He is an Adjunct Professor of History and Philosophy at the University of Havana. His publications include La Situación Actual en Cuba: Desafíos y Alternativas, and Relaciones Internacionales en America Central y el Caribe durante Los Anos 80.

Table of Contents

Introduction; G.Prevost & C.O.Campos The United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean: From NeoPanamericanism to the 'American System' of the 21st Century; C.O.Campos The Free Trade Area of the Americas in the Latin American Agenda of United States Foreign Policy; L.F.Ayerbe The Axis of Misunderstanding: The Bush Administration, Intelligence Agencies, and Hemispheric Security after 11 September 2001; P.E.Olsen Free Trade Agreements: Key Pieces in the Accumulation of Transnational Capital; R.Moreno Drinking Water, the New Strategic Resource of the 21st Century: The Special Case of the Guarani Aquifer; E.Bruzzone Plan Colombia and Its Implications for the Andean Region; G.Rodas Amazonia, MERCOSUR and the Possibilities for Integration; E.Amayo Integration and the Environment in Latin America; A.Elizalde Confronting the Hegemon and its Latin American Agents: Latin American Social Movements and Progressive Governments in the New Century; G.Prevost

Editorial Reviews

"[The twelve chapters] go well beyond the issue, draw visions about the protection and future repartition of natural resources and they offer idealistic strategies for a new hemispheric policy . . .Those who are looking for alterantive perspectives and recommendations of resistance against U.S. American economic and political strategies as well as the consequences of globalization will find the volume helpful and inspiring." - Iberoamericana

"A unique, valuable contribution to the literature on U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America and inter-American relations." - Pedro Monreal, Senior Research Associate, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil

"This important book deals with various aspects of the Bush administration's unhappy efforts to deal with myriad problems in Latin America. Examining the 'aggressive unilateralism' of the current administration's policy, the authors analyze Bush's stance of preventive war, unfounded military attacks, and the U.S.'s disregard of its traditional allies and international law in its attempts of 'military and political dominance over the world.' No wonder that U.S. policies are increasingly rejected in Latin America and that the image of the U.S., under Bush, has reached an all-time low." - Wayne S. Smith, Senior Fellow, Center for International Policy, Washington, D.C."The volume belongs in all college and university libraries with significant holdings in Latin American affairs... Recommended." - CHOICE

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