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Latin America confronts the United States : asymmetry and influence /
"Latin America Confronts the United States offers a new perspective on US-Latin America relations. Drawing on research in six countries, the book examines how Latin American leaders are able to overcome power asymmetries to influence US foreign policy. The book provides in-depth explorations of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Latin America Confronts the United States offers a new perspective on US-Latin America relations. Drawing on research in six countries, the book examines how Latin American leaders are able to overcome power asymmetries to influence US foreign policy. The book provides in-depth explorations of key moments in post-World War II inter-American relations - foreign economic policy before the Alliance for Progress, the negotiation of the Panama Canal Treaties, the expansion of trade through NAFTA, and the growth of counternarcotics in Plan Colombia. The new evidence challenges earlier, US-centric explanations of these momentous events. Though differences in power were fundamental to each of these cases, relative weakness did not prevent Latin American leaders from aggressively pursuing their interests vis- ...-vis the United States. Drawing on studies of foreign policy and international relations, the book examines how Latin American leaders achieved this influence - and why they sometimes failed"-- "Latin America Confronts the United States offers a new perspective on U.S.-Latin America relations. Drawing on research in six countries, the book examines how Latin American leaders are able to overcome power asymmetries to influence U.S. foreign policy"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 260 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-249) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781316466582 1316466582 9781316343890 1316343898 9781316466193 1316466191 1316465802 9781316465806 1316464636 9781316464632 1107547059 9781107547056 |