Latin American and Caribbean foreign policy
By: edited by Frank O. Mora and Jeanne A.K. Hey.
Contributors: Mora, Frank O.; Hey, Jeanne A. K.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 419
Subjects: Latin America -- Foreign relations -- 1980-; Caribbean Area -- Foreign relations -- 1945-
Description: This comprehensive text analyses the foreign policies of eighteen countries in Latin America & the Caribbean. Case studies include the major regional powers such as Mexico, Brazil & Argentina, as well as less-studied players such as the Dominican Republic, Ecuador & Uruguay.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-394) and index.
Table of contents: title: Case studies. Middle America and the Caribbean Basin. Mexico : the challenges of a Latin American power in the U.S. backyard / Ana Covarrubias; title: Costa Rica : neither client nor defiant / John Peeler; title: Nicaragua : foreign policy in the revolutionary and post-revolutionary era / JoAnn Fagot Aviel; title: Panama : the limits of sovereignty / Peter M. Sánchez; title: Cuba : talking big, acting bigger / Damian Fernández; title: The Dominican Republic : from nationalism to globalism / Anthony P. Spanakos and Howard J. Wiarda; title: CARICOM : the pursuit of economic security / H. Michael Erisman. Andean Region. Venezuela : petroleum, democratization, and international affairs / Elsa Cardozo da Silva and Richard S. Hillman; title: Colombia : U.S. subordinate, autonomous actor, or something in between? / Arlene B. Tickner; title: Ecuador : foreign policy on the brink / Jeanne A.K. Hey; title: Peru : managing foreign policy amid political and economic crisis / Ruben Berrios; title: Bolivia : the struggle for autonomy / Waltraud Quesier Morales; title: Chile : the invisible hand and contemporary foreign policy / Jose A. Morande. Brazil and the Southern Cone. Brazil : from dependency to globalization / Jose Augusto Guilhon Albuquerque; title: Argentina : between confrontation and alignment / Aldo Vacs; title: Paraguay : the legacy of authoritarianism / Frank O. Mora; title: Uruguay : a small country faces global challenges / Lincoln Bizzozero.