Handbook of research on the international relations of Latin America and the Caribbean

"The study of Latin American and Caribbean international relations has a long evolution both within the development of international relations as a general academic undertaking and in terms of the particular characteristics that distinguish the approaches taken by scholars in the field. This handbook provides a thorough multidisciplinary reference guide to the literature on the various elements of the international relations of Latin America and the Caribbean. Citing over 1600 sources that date from the nineteenth century to the present, with emphasis on recent decades, the volume's analytic essays trace the evolution of research in terms of concepts, issues, and themes. The Handbook is a companion volume to Atkins' Latin America and the Caribbean in the International System, Fourth Edition, but also serves as an invaluable stand-alone reference volume for students, scholars, researchers, journalists, and practitioners, both official and private."--Provided by publisher.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Brief Contents -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 RESEARCH PATTERNS AND ISSUES -- Latin American and Caribbean IR as a Field of Study -- Regionalism and Area Studies -- The Latin American-Caribbean Region and the Study of IR -- Intellectual Foundations to 1918 -- Nineteenth-Century Characteristics -- Realism and Geopolitics -- Liberalism -- Marxism and Leninism -- The Interbellum Period -- Postwar Developments -- Realism Theorized -- Behavioralism Versus Traditionalism -- The Impact of Postwar Developments -- The Emergence of Multiple Paradigms -- Radical Challengers -- Foreign Policy Analysis -- Neorealism -- Marxism-Leninism -- Developmental, Dependency, and World-System Theories -- Pluralism -- Formal Theory and Rational Choice -- Postpositivism -- Disciplinary Developments -- Developments in the Study of IR -- Developments in Latin American-Caribbean IR Studies -- 2 THE LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN REGION -- General Surveys -- International and Diplomatie History -- International Politics -- International Political Economy -- Theories of General Application -- Marxism-Leninism -- Structural Economic Dependency -- Neo-Marxist Dependency Theory -- World-System Theory -- General Commentary -- Colonies and Dependencies -- General Works -- The Spanish—American Empire -- Portuguese Brazil -- The Circum-Caribbean -- General Treatments -- Puerto Rico -- The British West Indies -- The French and Netherlands Antilles -- The Virgin Islands -- Latin American Regional International Relations -- The Subregions -- The Circum-Caribbean -- Central America -- The Commonwealth Caribbean -- South America -- Extrahemispheric Subsystems -- 3 LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STATES -- General and Comparative Studies -- Survey Analyses -- The External Environment -- Decision Making -- Nationalism