Drugs and democracy in Latin America
Subtitle: the impact of U.S. policy
By: edited by Coletta A. Youngers, Eileen Rosin.
Contributors: Youngers, Coletta.; Rosin, Eileen, 1954-
Publisher: L. Rienner
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
Subjects: Drug control -- United States; Drug control -- Latin America; Drug control -- Caribbean Area; Drug control -- International cooperation; Human rights -- Latin America; Human rights -- Caribbean Area
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-396) and index.
Table of contents: title: The U.S "War on Drugs" : its impact in Latin America and the Caribbean / Coletta A. Youngers and Eileen Rosin; title: The U.S. military in the war on drugs / Adam Isacson; title: U.S. police assistance and drug control policies / Rachel Neild; title: Colombia : a vicious circle of drugs and war / María Clemencia Ramírez Lemus, Kimberly Stanton, and John Walsh; title: Bolivia : clear consequences / Kathryn Ledebur; title: Peru : drug control policy, human rights, and democracy / Isaías Rojas; title: Ecuador : untangling the drug war / Fredy Rivera Vélez; title: Mexico : the militarization trap / Laurie Freeman and Jorge Luis Sierra; title: The Caribbean : the "third border" and the war on drugs / Jorge Rodríguez Beruff and Gerardo Cordero; title: The collateral damage of the U.S. war on drugs : conclusions and recommendations / Coletta A. Youngers.