Research Catalog

Title

Power and profits : U.S. policy in Central America / Ronald W. Cox.

Author

Cox, Ronald W., 1962-

Publication

Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [1994], ©1994.

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Description

189 pages; 24 cm

Summary

• The cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union provided the context for U.S. policies toward Central America from the 1950s to the 1980s. Nonetheless, attitudes developed during the Cold War cannot explain the specific content of the U.S. foreign policies toward the region.
• Ronald W. Cox argues that U.S. business interests have worked with policymakers to develop trade, aid, and investment policies toward Central America. He reveals how the relationship between business groups and the state has been shaped by business competition, national security considerations, institutional structures, and instability in the Central American countries.
• Many see the state as autonomous and not influenced by business, but Cox argues that business groups have been able to take advantage of specific international circumstances to promote economic policies, thus increasing foreign investment. At the same time, division among business groups has affected foreign economic policies. This book is a provocative analysis of interest to scholars of international political economy, American foreign policy, comparative politics, and business-government relations.

Subjects

• United States > Foreign economic relations > Central America
• Economic interest groupings > United States
• Central America > Economic policy
• Central America > Foreign economic relations > United States
• Industrial concentration > Central America
• United States > Economic policy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-176) and index.

Contents

1. Explaining U.S. Foreign Economic Policy: Toward a Business Conflict Model -- 2. The "Trade Not Aid" Strategy for Third World Industrialization -- 3. U.S. Intervention in Guatemala: Prelude to a Common Market -- 4. Business Welcomes Creation of Central American Common Market -- 5. Support for Export Promotion in Central America and the Caribbean -- 6. The Shift toward Economic Stabilization and More Military Aid -- 7. The Business Conflict Model: The Relationship of Business to the State.

ISBN

0813118654 (Acid-free paper)

LCCN

93041718

OCLC

ocm29358660

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries