Reconceptualizing Security in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century (eBook)

Bruce M. Bagley, Hanna Samir Kassab, Jonathan D. Rosen (Herausgeber)

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2015
376 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-9486-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This book describes the major security challenges that face the Americas in the twenty-first century including terrorism, organized crime, drug trafficking, migration, and continually evolving geopolitical realities. It appeals to those interested in international relations, security studies, comparative politics, and Latin American studies.

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Reconceptualizing Security in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century illustrates the various security concerns in the Americas in the twenty-first century. It presents the work of a number of prolific scholars and analysts in the region. The book offers new theoretical and analytical perspectives. Within the Americas, we find a number of important issues security issues. Most important are the threats that supersede borders: drug trafficking, migration, health, and environmental. These threats change our understanding of security and the state and regional process of neutralizing or correcting these threats. This volume evaluates these threats within contemporary security discourse.

Autor

Bruce M. Bagley is professor in the Department of International Studies at the University of Miami.Hanna Kassab is lecturer at the University of Miami.Jonathan D. Rosen is research professor at the Institute of International Studies at the Universidad del Mar, Mexico.

Inhalt

Section 1: Reconceptualizing SecurityChapter 1: The Hemisphere and Declining U.S. Hegemony—Hanna KassabChapter 2: Reconceptualizing Security Priorities of the Hemisphere—Hanna KassabChapter 3: Desecuritization: Reestablishing Priorities of the Hemisphere—Alberto Lozano-VázquezSection 2: Terrorism, Insurgency and Challenges to the StateChapter 4: In the Name of Vindice: Latin America’s ‘Endemic Pattern’ of Violence: A Conceptual Analysis—Bradford R. McGuinnChapter 5: Colombia: Prospects for Peace in the 21st Century: Past Failures, Present Challenges and Future Opportunities—Lilian YaffeChapter 6: Mexico: Violence in Mexico: In Search of an Explanation—Jorge ChabatSection 3: Organized Crime and Drug TraffickingChapter 7: Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking: Trends and Supply Chains—Juan Carlos Garzón VergaraChapter 8: Venezuela: Trends in Organized Crime—Joseph M. HumireChapter 9: Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime in Colombia: Major Challenges for the Santos Administration—Adam IsacsonChapter 10: A ‘Full-Cycle-Country’: How Argentina’s New role Within the Political Economy of Illicit Drugs is Transforming the Structure of Organized Crime—Sebastían Antonio Cutrona Chapter 11: The Evolution of Peru’s Shining Path and the New Security Priorities in the Hemisphere—Barnett S. Koven and Cynthia McClintockSection 4: The New Security AgendaChapter 12: The Rise of China in the Americas—R. Evan Ellis Chapter 13: Development and Inequality in the Americas—Ali R. Bustamante Chapter 14: Resource Security: Energy and Environment—Rémi Piet Chapter 15 Health Security Challenges in the Americas: Newly Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases—Sherri L. PorcelainChapter 16: Environmental Security of Coastal Resources in Latin America—Daniel Suman Chapter 17: Migration in the Americas—Roberto Zepeda Martínez

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.2.2015
• Reihe/Serie: Security in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century
• Co-Autor: Bruce M. Bagley, Roberto Zepeda Martinez, Cynthia McClintock, Bradford R. McGuinn, Remi Piet, Sherri L. Porcelain, Jonathan D. Rosen, Daniel Suman, Juan Carlos Garzon Vergara, Lilian Yaffe, Jorge Chabat, Sebastian Antonio Cutrona, R. Evan Ellis, Joseph M. Humire, Adam Isacson, Hanna Samir Kassab, Barnett S. Koven, Alberto Lozano-Vazquez
• Zusatzinfo: 39 Illustrations including: - 26 Tables; - 13 Graphs.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: Argentina • China in the Americas • Colombia • drug trafficking • energy and the environment • Health Security • Latin America and the US • Latin American Studies • Mexico • Migration • Peru • security studies
• ISBN-10: 0-7391-9486-0 / 0739194860
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-9486-7 / 9780739194867