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Title:

Reconceptualizing security in the Americas in the twenty-first century / edited by Bruce M. Bagley, Jonathan D. Rosen, and Hanna S. Kassab.

Publisher:

Lexington Books,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xix, 347 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Security, International--Latin America.
Internal security--Latin America.
Human security--Latin America.
Insurgency--Latin America.
Organized crime--Latin America.
Drug traffic--Latin America.

Other Authors:

Bagley, Bruce Michael, editor.
Rosen, Jonathan D., editor.
Kassab, Hanna Samir, 1984- editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The hemisphere and declining U.S. hegemony / Hanna Kassab -- Reconceptualizing security priorities of the hemisphere / Hanna Kassab -- Desecuritization in theory and praxis : reestablishing priorities of the hemisphere / Alberto Lozano-Vazquez -- In the name of vindice : Latin America's "endemic pattern" of violence : a conceptual analysis / Bradford R. McGuinn -- Colombia : prospects for peace in the 21st century : past failures, present challenges and future opportunities / Lilian Yaffe -- Violence in Mexico : in search of an explanation / Jorge Chabat -- From drug cartels to predatory micro networks: the "new" face of organized crime in Latin America / Juan Carlos Garz©đn Vergara -- Venezuela : trends in organized crime / Joseph M. Humire -- The slog: Colombia's endless battle against the illegal drug trade / Adam Isacson -- A "full-cycle-country" : how Argentina's new role within the political economy of illicit drugs is transforming the structure of organized crime / Sebastian Antonio Cutrona -- The evolution of Peru's Shining Path and the new security priorities in the hemisphere / Barnett S. Koven and Cynthia McClintock -- The rise of China in the Americas / R. Evan Ellis -- Development and inequality in the Americas / Ali R. Bustamante -- Resource security : energy and environment / R©♭mi Piet -- Health security challenges in the Americas : newly emerging and reemerging infectious diseases / Sherri L. Porcelain --Ecosecurity and climate change vulnerabilities in Central America / Daniel Suman -- Collateral effects of migration in the Americas: security implications / Roberto Zepeda Martinez.

Series:

Security in the Americas in the twenty-first century

ISBN:

0739194852
9780739194850

OCLC:

(OCoLC)892162573

LCCN:

2014046749

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)