Research Catalog

Title

US national security concerns in Latin America and the caribbean : the concept of ungoverned spaces and failed states / edited by Gary Prevost [and 3 others].

Publication

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

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Details

Additional Authors

Prevost, Gary

Description

vi, 211 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"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"--

Alternative Title

United States national security concerns in Latin America and the caribbean

Subjects

• Latin America > Military relations > United States
• United States > Foreign relations > Latin America
• Failed states > Latin America
• Latin America > Foreign relations > United States
• United States > Military relations > Latin America
• National security > United States
• Latin America > Politics and government > 21st century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: -- Table of Contents -- 1. Introduction; Gary Prevost and Harry Vanden -- 2. From the US Department of State, USAID, and Washington-based Think Tanks: The Search for Ungoverned Spaces in South America; Luiza R. Mateo and Aline P. dos Santos -- 3. United State and the Security Agenda in the Caribbean Basin After 9/11; Carlos Oliva Campos -- 4. The Militarization of US-Mexican Relations: Ungoverned Spaces and Failed State?; Jaime Precaido Coronado -- 5. Maras, Contragoverned Spaces and Sovereignty; Harry E. Vanden -- 6. Central America: Ungoverned Spaces and the National Security Policy of the United States; Ignacio Medina Naez -- 7. Security Issues on the Mexico-Guatemala Border and their Relationship to the New National Security Policy of the United States; Daniel Villafuerte -- 8. Old Wine in New Wineskins: Incorporating the 'Ungoverned Spaces' Concept into Plan Colombia; John C. Dugas -- 9. United States Response to the Haitian Earthquake in the Context of the Concepts of Failed State and Ungoverned Spaces; Gary Prevost -- 10. Conclusion; Gary Prevost, Carlos Oliva, Luis Fernando Ayerbe and Harry Vanden.

Call Number

JFD 14-2588

ISBN

• 9781137379511 (hardback)
• 1137379510 (hardback)

LCCN

2013037304

OCLC

864093057

Title

US national security concerns in Latin America and the caribbean : the concept of ungoverned spaces and failed states / edited by Gary Prevost [and 3 others].

Publisher

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Prevost, Gary, author, editor.

Other Form:

ebook version 9781137379528

Research Call Number

JFD 14-2588