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Main description: The historical-structural method employed here rejects analyses that are excessively voluntaristic or deterministic. The authors show that while the state was able to mitigate certain adverse consequences of TNC strategies, new forms of dependency continued to limit Mexico's options.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

The US Policymakers Working on the 1988 Anti-Drug Abuse Act have clearly understood that going after the suppliers of narcotics is only part of the war on drugs; until US domestic demand is diminished, it will be difficult to bring this lucrative and illicit multinational business under control. There is, however, general agreement that something must be done about supply and that interdiction of drug shipments to the United States is only one means. The drug supply war's major focus is the growing, production, and shipment of narcotics within the Third World countries who are the suppliers, particularly in Latin America (Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Bolivia head the list).Although there have been occasional attempts to "Americanize" anti-drug operations in Latin America (with the US government assuming drug enforcement functions as it did in Bolivia with Operation Blast Furnace in 1986), the major US option is to support the build-up of the Latin American governments' own drug-fighting capabilities by supplying funds, training, and equipment.

Impact of the Reagan administration's foreign policy on the post-Vietnam reforms designed to restore a balance between the president and Congress in foreign policy making.

Nach dem Watergate-Skandal wurde die Frage nach der Kontrolle präsidialer Macht und der Stärkung der Legislative in den USA erneut aufgeworfen. Dies wiederholte sich nach der Iran-Contra-Affäre 1981. Der Autor plädiert für eine stärkere Beeinflussung des außenpolitischen Entscheidungsprozesses durch den Kongreß und für eine größere Transparenz der regierungsamtlichen Informationspolitik - insbesondere bei Fragen, die fundamentale Interessen der Nation berühren. Insgesamt stellt der Beitrag eine Kritik an der konservativen und auf außenpolitischen Interventionismus orientierten Reagan-Administration dar. (SWP-Wgn)

The continuing civil war; the role of U.S. policy.

Adapted from the forthcoming book entitled, "Confronting revolution: security through diplomacy in Central America," edited by Morris Blachman and others.