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1. The Politics of Central American Integration

   By Rafael A. Sánchez Sánchez

   Series: Latin American Studies

   Since its inception in the 1960s to the regional negotiations in the 1990s and onwards, Central American integration has been a process characterized by both dramatic advances and setbacks. This book provides a theoretical explanation of this ebb and flow, examining different stages including the...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. Left in Transformation

   Uruguayan Exiles and the Latin American Human Rights Network, 1967 -1984

   By Vania Markarian

   Series: Latin American Studies

   This book takes an innovative look at international relations. Focusing on the worldwide campaign against abuses by the right-wing authoritarian regime in Uruguay (1973-1984), it explores how norms and ideas interact with political interests, both global and domestic....

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. The Politics of Moral Sin

   Abortion and Divorce in Spain, Chile and Argentina

   By Merike Blofield

   Series: Latin American Studies

   This book analyzes the problems that arise when women's rights conflict with the views of conservative organized religion. Specifically, it addresses the legalization – or lack thereof – of divorce and abortion in three recently democratized Catholic countries: Spain, Chile, and...

   Published May 7th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Unfinished Transition to Democracy in Latin America

   By Juan Carlos Calleros-Alarcón

   Series: Latin American Studies

   This book examines the political evolution of the judiciary – a usually overlooked political actor – and its capacity to contribute to the process of democratic consolidation in Latin America during the 1990s. Calleros analyzes twelve countries in order to assess the independence, impartiality,...

   Published March 12th 2012 by Routledge
5. Female Prostitution in Costa Rica

   Historical Perspectives, 1880-1930

   By Anne Hayes

   Series: Latin American Studies

   This book analyzes the development of female prostitution in the Pacific port of Puntarenas, Costa Rica during the advanced stage of the coffee exporting economy (1880-1930), at the height of the consolidation of the liberal state. Hayes argues that prostitution in the port differed from that of...

   Published March 17th 2010 by Routledge
6. State and Business Groups in Mexico

   The Role of Informal Institutions in the Process of Industrialization, 1936-1984

   By Arnulfo Valdivia-Machuca

   Series: Latin American Studies

   This book analyzes the history and structure of the intricate system of informal negotiation and secret dealings between the Mexican government and big businessmen in the process of Mexican industrialization between 1936 and 1984. In order to do this, State and Business Groups in Mexico...

   Published October 18th 2009 by Routledge
7. Informal Coalitions and Policymaking in Latin America

   Ecuador in Comparative Perspective

   By Andrés Mejía Acosta

   Series: Latin American Studies

   This book explains how presidents achieve market-oriented reforms in a contentious political environment. Using an impressive amount of quantitative and qualitative empirical evidence, most of which is reported for the first time, Mejía Acosta argues that presidents in Ecuador adopted significant...

   Published July 5th 2009 by Routledge
8. An Industrial Geography of Cocaine

   By Christian M. Allen

   Series: Latin American Studies

   Latin American cocaine trafficking organizations comprise an indigenous, globally competitive, multinational industry. Their business operations are deeply ingrained within the economic and political systems of countries throughout the region. While criminal enterprises operate in a more complex...

   Published June 21st 2009 by Routledge
9. International Relations in Latin America

   Peace and Security in the Southern Cone

   By Andrea Oelsner

   Series: Latin American Studies

   This work studies the development of bilateral relations in two pairs of states (dyads): Argentina-Brazil and Argentina-Chile. It takes on a moderate constructivist approach that incorporates into the analysis of international relations the role of identities, ideas and perceptions as well as of...

   Published June 8th 2009 by Routledge
10. Political Change and Environmental Policymaking in Mexico

    By Jordi Diez

    Series: Latin American Studies

    This book explores environmental policymaking in Mexico as a vehicle to understanding the broader changes in the policy process within a system undergoing a democratic transformation. It constitutes the first major analysis of environmental policymaking in Mexico at the national level, and examines...

    Published February 22nd 2006 by Routledge