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Genre/Form: | Conference papers and proceedings Congresses Congrès |
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Material Type: | Conference publication |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
V Bulmer-Thomas; James Dunkerley; University of London. Institute of Latin American Studies.; David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. |
ISBN: | 0674925963 9780674925960 0674925955 9780674925953 |
OCLC Number: | 1000984240 |
Notes: | 'This book arose out of a Study Group convened by Victor Bulmer-Thomas and James Dunkerley at the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London, over the Spring of 1998. ... Revised drafts of the papers commissioned from US, Latin American and European scholars and discussed in the Study Group were presented at a conference organised by John Coatsworth at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University, in October [16-17] 1998.' -- Acknowledgements. |
Description: | xiii, 359 pages ; 23 cm |
Responsibility: | edited by Victor Bulmer-Thomas and James Dunkerley. |
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In some of the best essays, [the book's contributors] provide detailed analyses of the ways in which the counter-narcotics drive of the US generated resentment and undermines nascent democratic institutions in Mexico, Colombia and Bolivia. Elizabeth Joyce's superbly nuanced account of the US drug policy helps us to understand the inconsistencies and apparent irrationality of the annual 'certification' process, in which the US unilaterally grades countries on their cooperation with the drug war and imposes sanctions on those who fail the test. -- George Vickers * Times Literary Supplement * An interesting and provocative discussion of the U.S.-Latin American relations from a largely European perspective. This fine collection of essays brings together senior American scholars, such as John Coatsworth and Jorge Dominguez, with British and Latin American experts. The book's strength lies in its strong contextual approach, underscoring the historical continuities in U.S. behavior toward Latin America. -- Kenneth Maxwell * Foreign Affairs * Without exception, the articles are of high quality and should be of interest to a wide variety of scholars interested in Latin America. -- J. S. Robey * Choice * Read more...


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