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"The concepts of 'ungoverned spaces' and 'failed states' where the limited presence of the state is seen as a challenge to global security have generated a rich intellectual debate in recent years. In this edited volume, scholars from Latin America and the United States will analyze how US foreign policy making circles have applied the concepts to the creation of new US security initiatives in the Latin American region during the post September 11, 2001 era. The extension of concepts to Latin America has been significant because it has meant that during the past thirteen years US policy in the Hemisphere has shifted away from the primarily economic emphasis of the 1990s, the era of the Free Trade Area of the Americas project, back to a security focus reminiscent of the Cold War era. The last decade has witnessed a significant increase in US military presence in the region highlighted by the re-launching of the Caribbean-based Fourth Fleet, the militarization of drug fighting efforts in Mexico, and the establishment of several new military bases in Colombia, the staunchest US ally in the region"--

"This encyclopedia reviews and interprets a broad array of research on Latin American politics, including topics related to political institutions, processes, and parties; social movements; political economy; racial and gender politics; and Latin America's international relations. Under the editorial directorship of Harry E. Vanden and Gary Prevost and associate editors Jennifer Cyr, Kwame Dixon, Mary K. Meyer McAleese, Gabriel Ondetti, and Richard Stahler-Sholk, this publication brings together peer-reviewed contributions by leading researchers and offers the definitive resource for understanding contemporary politics in the region. As a result, the Oxford Encyclopedia of Latin American Politics is a necessary resource for students and as well as both new and established scholars"--

An introduction to twenty-first century Latin America -- Early history -- Democracy and dictators : a historical overview from independence to the present day - The other Americans -- Society, family, and gender -- Religion in Latin America -- The political economy of Latin America -- Democracy and authoritarianism : Latin American political culture -- Politics, power, institutions, and actors -- Struggling for change : revolution, social and political movements in Latin America -- U.S.-Latin American relations -- Mexico / Nora Hamilton and Patrice Olsen -- Argentina / Aldo C. Vacs -- Brazil / Wilber Albert Chaffee -- Chile / Eduardo Silva -- Colombia / John C. Dugas -- Venezuela / Daniel Hellinger -- Bolivia / Waltraud Q. Morales and Annabelle Conroy -- Cuba / Gary Prevost -- Guatemala / Susanne Jonas and Harry E. Vanden -- Nicaragua / Gary Prevost and Harry E. Vanden -- Appendix 1: Presidential elections -- Appendix 2: Recent legislative elections.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction Gary Prevost -- Chapter 2: The Relations of Cuba with Latin America and the Caribbean: The Long and Winding Road of Reconciliation Carlos Oliva Campos -- Chapter 3: Latin America and Cuba from the Perspective of the U.S. Think Tanks: 2000-2010 Luis Fernando Ayerbe -- Chapter 4: Cuba and the New Inter-American System Jaime Preciado Coronado and Pablo Uc -- Chapter 5: Cuba, Venezuela, and ALBA: The Neo-Bolívarian Challenge H. Michael Erisman -- Chapter 6: Barack Obama: Not a New Beginning, but More of the Same Esteban Morales Dominguez -- Chapter 7: Conclusion Gary Prevost -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Contributors.

United States-Cuban Relations breaks new ground in its treatment of this long and tumultuous relationship by arguing that U.S. policy toward the island is not driven primarily by the political position of the U.S.-based Cuban community, but rather by a long-standing desire of U.S. leaders to dominate this island, a position that for fifty years has met with stubborn resistance from Cuba's revolutionary leaders

The Sandinista revolution brought dramatic social, economic and political changes to Nicaragua in the 1980s, but in the wake of the electoral defeat of the FSLN in 1990 the revolution has struggled to survive in the face of challenges from the Chamorro administration, the US government, and the International Monetary Fund. Gains of the revolution in health care, education, Atlantic Coast autonomy, agrarian reform, and other areas have been systematically eroded. However, significant efforts have also been mounted, especially in grass roots organizing and by women's organizations, to protect the revolution's achievements. Through a series of articles based on current research, seven experts on contemporary Nicaragua draw a balance sheet on the gains of Sandinista revolution achieved by 1990 and assess the current status of the revolutionary project

This volume is a series of original articles analyzing eleven case studies of revolutionary movements which have reconstituted themselves into formal political parties now contesting electoral politics. These case studies are drawn from Africa and the Americas and examined within the context of the democratic transitions which have taken place in the developing world. The book's principal objective is to analyze the factors influencing the successes and failures of these former politico-military movements within this new context of democracy and electoralism.

Argentina's social movements : confrontation and co-optation / Gary Prevost -- The Landless Rural Workers' Movement and their waning influence on Brazil's Workers' Party government / Harry E. Vanden -- Social movements and revolutionary change in Bolivia / Waltraud Q. Morales -- Dilemmas of urban popular movements in popular-sector comunas of Santiago, Chile / Edward Greaves -- Social movements and the government of Rafael Correa : confrontation or cooperation? / Marc Becker -- Venezuela: movements for rent? / Daniel Hellinger.

Over the past decade there has been an unprecedented mobilization of street protests worldwide from the demonstrations that helped bring progressive governments to power in Latin America to the Arab Spring to Occupy movements in the United States and Europe to democracy protests in China. This edited volume investigates the current status, nature, and dynamics of the new politics that characterizes social movements from around the world that are part of this revolutionary wave. Spanning case studies from five continents - Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, Asia, Europe and the USA - this volume examines the varied manifestations of the current cycle of protest, which emerged from the Global South, as they found expression in various parts of the world as well as their interconnections - the globalized nature of movements. Analytically converging around Sidney Tarrow's emphasis on protest cycles, political opportunity structures, and identity, the individual chapters investigate processes such as global framing, internationalization, diffusion, scale shifts, externalizations, and transnational coalition building, to provide an analytic cartography of the current state of social movements as they are simultaneously globalizing while still being embedded in their respective localities.