Neoliberalism and Neopanamericanism: The View from Latin America [Hardcover]

In this edited volume fourteen scholars, mostly from Latin America, analyze the current state of relations between North America and Latin America in a number of sectors - economic, security, politics, and the environment. Particular attention is paid to processes of economic integration that dominated political discussions during the decade of the 1990s - NAFTA, MERCOSUR, the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA). Because most of the scholars are from Latin America, the book has a perspective that is often lacking in books on similar scholars written almost exclusively by scholars from the U.S.PART I: HEMESPHERIC ISSUES The United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean: Between Hegemonic Panamericanism and Independent Integration; C.Oliva The Debate on National Interest in the United States and the Perception of Latin America; L.F.Ayerbe Security, Integration, and Governability in the Americas; C.Alzugaray The Demise of the Free Americas?; G.Prevost & R.Weber Controversies in the International Harmonization of Environmental Regulation; L.Togeiro PART II: REGIONAL ISSUES Caribbean Community at the Crossroads; A.Lopez The New Hegemony in Central America: The Effects of Neoliberalism in Nicaragua and other States; H.Vanden Globalization and Regional Integration in Latin America; D.Melcher Argentine Foreign Policy in the 90s: The Relationship with the U.S. and MERCOSUR; S.Colombo Security Issues in the Andean Region; E A.Zevllos Mexico and the United States: The New Relationship; J.P.Coronado The Role of the Scientific - Technological Cooperation in the Projects of Regional Integration in Latin America; J.M.Araya Democracy and Political Actors in MERCOSUL; T.Vigenvani, K.P.Mariano & M.Fernandez

'Both the theoretical and empirical discussions and the depth of the debate presented in it make this an important book for everyone interested in US-Latin American relations and in current problems and issues affecting the region. The book not only reprelĂB