1st Edition
The Drug War in Latin America Hegemony and Global Capitalism
Introduction
Chapter 1: Global Capitalism, Transnational Relations and U.S. Foreign Policy
Chapter 2: Capitalist Globalization, Prohibition and the U.S. Drug War
Chapter 3: Plan Colombia And the Merida Initiative-Waging War to Advance Capitalist Globalization
Chapter 4: Social Conflict, Coca Eradication and The Transnational Elite in Bolivia and Peru
Chapter 5: Transnational Advocacy Networks and the Drug War
Conclusion
Bibliography
Biography
William Avilés is Professor of Political Science at The University of Nebraska at Kearney, USA. He teaches courses on the Politics of the Developing World; Latin American Politics; The Politics of the Drug War; and Democracy Around the World.
"In this compelling new study, Professor Avilés moves us beyond the established explanations for the drug war in Latin America. He shows how this war came about through the "grand strategy" of an entrenched transnational policy network to integrate the region into the political economy of global capitalism. A powerful indictment of the prohibitionist paradigm, the work will be of great interest to scholars, journalists, and policymakers. If you want to understand what and who are behind the drug war in Latin America, read this book." - William I. Robinson, University of California in Santa Barbara, USA
