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The Politics of Transnational Actors in Latin America: Power from Afar book cover

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The Politics of Transnational Actors in Latin America Power from Afar

By Frederick M. Shepherd Copyright 2021
198 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

198 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

198 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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The Politics of Transnational Actors in Latin America: Power from Afar explores the important issues of transnational actors and their influence on institutions and people in Latin America, raising profound questions of accountability, social justice, and sovereignty. The text focuses on four particularly significant groups that transcend national boundaries: the Catholic Church,... Read more

1. The Politics of Transnational Actors in Latin America  2. The Rise of Transnational Actors: The Historical Setting  3. The Politics of the Catholic Church in Latin America  4. The Politics of Transnational Corporations in Latin America  5. The Politics of Transnational Drug Networks in Latin America  6. The Politics of Transnational Human Rights Networks in Latin America  7. Transnational Influence in Latin America: Conclusions

Biography

Frederick M. Shepherd is Professor of Political Science at Samford University, USA. He is the editor of Christianity and Human Rights: Christians and the Struggle for Global Justice and the author of numerous publications on Latin American politics, religion, human rights, and genocide.

Frederick M. Shepherd has driven the literature forward in Latin American Politics by filling a gap on the influence of transnational actors. Shepherd’s three levels of analysis (societal, national and transnational) provides a nuanced 20,000-foot view of the region and the influence, or lack thereof, of transnational actors. . . His coverage is comprehensive yet succinct, stretching from early drug prohibitionist history, to the modern drug war in Latin America and current administrations. . . [The book] introduces an important analytical variable of state infrastructural capacity, which when low, weakens Latin American governments’ ability to address societal needs broadly.

Nathan P. Jones, Associate Professor of Security Studies, Sam Houston State University, USA

Fred Shepherd’s book provides both a detailed analysis of how globalization plays out through four critical non-national institutions. It explores the links between the global discourse of these organizations and their actions on the ground while detailing how these powerful forces further constrain the capacity of the Latin American state. The book will of course be of interest to Latin Americanists, but it should draw a broader audience of those interested in how globalization plays out in the Global South, for good and for ill.

Miguel Angel Centeno, Musgrave Professor of Sociology, Princeton University, USA

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