Natural Allies?
Title | Natural Allies? PDF eBook |
Author | Klepak |
Publisher | McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Pages | 225 |
Release | 1996-06-15 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0773591230 |
To what extent are Canada and Mexico "natural allies" in continental and world affairs? How will this relationship unfold in terms of security issues in the aftermath of the Cold War? These questions were the focus of a workshop held in Mexico City in 1994 from which this book took its themes: historical context, American influence, and potential cooperative security options. A process of redefining "security" concerns in a changing hemisphere is clearly underway, and Natural Allies? examines economic factors, drug trafficking, questions of autonomy and strategic alliance, and defence priorities as intersecting interests in the Canada-Mexico dialogue. This is volume two in CHANGING AMERICAS, a series published in collaboration with the Canadian Foundation for the Americas (FOCAL).
Foreign Investment and NAFTA
Title | Foreign Investment and NAFTA PDF eBook |
Author | Alan M. Rugman |
Publisher | Univ of South Carolina Press |
Pages | 372 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780872499935 |
FROST (copy 2): From the John Holmes Library collection.
Latin American Research Review
Title | Latin American Research Review PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 888 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Electronic journals |
ISBN |
An interdisciplinary journal that publishes original research and surveys of current research on Latin America and the Caribbean.
Boletín bibliográfico
Title | Boletín bibliográfico PDF eBook |
Author | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Centro de Investigaciones sobre Estados Unidos de América. Biblioteca |
Publisher | |
Pages | 406 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | United States |
ISBN |
Bibliographic Guide to Latin American Studies
Title | Bibliographic Guide to Latin American Studies PDF eBook |
Author | Benson Latin American Collection |
Publisher | |
Pages | 866 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Catalogs, Union |
ISBN |
Relaciones México-Estados Unidos
Title | Relaciones México-Estados Unidos PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 586 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Mexico |
ISBN |
Democracy Under Siege
Title | Democracy Under Siege PDF eBook |
Author | Augusto Varas |
Publisher | Praeger |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 1989-07-07 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Although the military has historically played a pivotal role in Latin American politics and society, until now little attention has been paid to the complex set of civilian-military relations in each country. This collection of essays, the product of a long-term research program organized by a group of prominent Latin American scholars, compares current linkages among the armed forces and local social and political structures and institutions. Within each nation studied, the contributing author found increasing military autonomy vis-a-vis the state. They show that this institutional autonomy has allowed the military to develop as independent political entities within the various countries, a process that seems to be common to all Latin American societies. Their research also demonstrates how the military diversifies itself when acquiring higher degrees of institutional autonomy. Collectively, the contributors contend that although civilian democratic forces will play a much larger role in political decisionmaking in this decade as compared to the last, it is evident that armed forces will retain a considerable share of political power. Regardless of the institutional arrangement, the military will continue to exercise significant veto power over civilian political forces. The independent military that has emerged is a new variable that must be taken into account in future analyses of Latin America's secular political crisis. By compiling the first complete analysis of Latin American military forces and their role in contemporary domestic politics, editor Augusto Varas has made a significant contribution to the study of Latin American politics. This first examination of the role of the armed forces during a period of relative political stability will be welcomed by historians and political scientists alike.