Research Catalog

Title

Latin America : an introduction / Gary Prevost, Harry E. Vanden.

Author

Prevost, Gary

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

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Additional Authors

Vanden, Harry E.

Description

xi, 355 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Summary

• Latin America: An Introduction offers a contemporary, thematic analysis of the region that is grounded in Latin America's social, political, economic, and cultural past. Based on chapters from Harry Vanden and Gary Prevost's popular text, Politics of Latin America, this book provides an accessible and interesting discussion of a broad range of topics, including democracy, revolution, indigenous populations, culture, gender, religion, politics, economy, and relations with the United States.
• Offering balanced regional coverage, the book discusses such recent political, social, and economic developments as the failure of the neoliberal economic policies of the 1980s and 1990s to deliver promised prosperity; the related resurgence of progressive politics in the region, as manifested in the election of numerous left and center-left governments; and the strong role of numerous social movements in setting the region's political agenda in the new century. The authors analyze the continuing power of the United States in the region, as seen in the implementation of the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), bilateral trade agreements with Chile and Peru, and the continued funding of Plan Colombia. They also discuss the role of various Latin American-based initiatives, including the expansion of MERCOSUR, the Bolivarian Alternative, and The Bank of the South. Providing a historical perspective for the challenges and problems facing the region today, Latin America: An Introduction's regionally balanced, multidisciplinary approach makes it an ideal text for introduction to Latin American studies courses.

Subject

• Latin America > History
• Latin America > Politics and government
• Latin America > Social conditions

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

An introduction to twenty-first century Latin America -- Early history -- Democracy, dictators, and Tío Sam : a historical overview from independence to the present day -- The other Americans -- Society, family, and gender -- Religion in Latin Americans -- Society, family, and gender -- Religion in Latin America -- Latin American culture and thought -- The political economy of Latin America -- Democracy and authoritarianism : Latin American political culture -- Politics, power, institutions, and actors -- Struggling for change : revolution, social and political movements in Latin America -- U.S. - Latin American relations.

ISBN

• 9780195340068
• 019534006X
• 9780195340075
• 0195340078

LCCN

^^2010023410

OCLC

639941164

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library