American foreign policy toward Latin America in the 80s and 90s : issues and controversies from Reagan to Bush /
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| Author / Creator: | Wiarda, Howard J., 1939- |
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| Imprint: | New York : New York University Press, c1992. |
| Description: | ix, 363 p. : map ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1336901 |
Table of Contents:
- Pt. I. United States Foreign Policy in Latin America. 1. United States Policy toward Central America: A Retrospective of the Reagan Years. 2. United States Policy in Latin America: The Bush Agenda
- Pt. II. Policy Issues. 3. "Friendly Tyrants": Gauging When to Change U.S. Policy. 4. The Military and Democracy. 5. Europe's Ambiguous Relations with Latin America: Blowing Hot and Cold in the Western Hemisphere. 6. The Politics of Latin American Debt. 7. Opportunities and Obstacles to Superpower Conflict Resolution: Soviet-American Cooperation in Central America
- Pt. III. Theoretical Perspectives. 8. State-Society Relations in Latin America: Toward a Theory of the Contract State. 9. Rethinking Political Development: A Look Backward over Thirty Years, and a Look Ahead. 10. Political Culture and National Development
- Pt. IV. Country and Regional Studies. 11. Turnaround in Nicaragua: The Larger Implications. 12. Mexico: The Unraveling of a Corporatist Regime? 13. The Dominican Republic: Mirror Legacies of Democracy and Authoritarianism. 14. Is Cuba Next? Crises of the Castro Regime. 15. South American Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy
- Pt. V. Toward the Future. 16. Saving Latin America from the "Black Hole" 17. The Democratic Breakthrough in Latin America: Challenges, Prospects, and U.S. Policy.