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Reconceptualizing Security in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century


Reconceptualizing Security in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century


Security in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century

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<span><span>This book illustrates the plethora of security concerns of the Americas in the 21st century. It presents the work of a number of prolific scholars and analysts in the continents of America. </span><span>The book provides one of the only expansive applications of theory to a wide geographical area. It offers new perspectives and urges readers to take theory seriously through use. </span></span>
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<span><span>Within the Americas, we find a number of important issues that compose of this geographic security complex. Most important are the threats that supersede borders: drug trafficking, migration, health, and environment. These threats change our understanding of security and the state and region process of neutralizing or correcting these threats. This volume evaluates these threats within contemporary security discourse. </span></span>
<span><span>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.</span></span>
<span><span>Section 1: Reconceptualizing Security</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 1: The Hemisphere and Declining U.S. Hegemony—Hanna Kassab</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 2: Reconceptualizing Security Priorities of the Hemisphere—Hanna Kassab</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 3: Desecuritization: Reestablishing Priorities of the Hemisphere—Alberto Lozano-Vázquez</span></span>
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<span><span>Section 2: Terrorism, Insurgency and Challenges to the State</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 4: In the Name of Vindice: Latin America’s ‘Endemic Pattern’ of Violence: A Conceptual Analysis—Bradford R. McGuinn</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 5: Colombia: Prospects for Peace in the 21st Century: Past Failures, Present Challenges and Future Opportunities—Lilian Yaffe</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 6: Mexico: Violence in Mexico: In Search of an Explanation—Jorge Chabat</span></span>
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<span><span>Section 3: Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 7: Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking: Trends and Supply Chains—Juan Carlos Garzón Vergara</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 8: Venezuela: Trends in Organized Crime—Joseph M. Humire</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 9: Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime in Colombia: Major Challenges for the Santos Administration—Adam Isacson</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 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 </span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 11: The Evolution of Peru’s Shining Path and the New Security Priorities in the Hemisphere—Barnett S. Koven and Cynthia McClintock</span></span>
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<span><span>Section 4: The New Security Agenda</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 12: The Rise of China in the Americas—R. Evan Ellis </span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 13: Development and Inequality in the Americas—Ali R. Bustamante </span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 14: Resource Security: Energy and Environment—Rémi Piet </span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 15 Health Security Challenges in the Americas: Newly Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases—Sherri L. Porcelain</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 16: Environmental Security of Coastal Resources in Latin America—Daniel Suman </span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 17: Migration in the Americas—Roberto Zepeda Martínez</span></span>
<span><span>Bruce M. Bagley </span><span>is professor in the Department of International Studies at the University of Miami.<br><br></span><span>Hanna Kassab</span><span> is lecturer at the University of Miami.<br><br></span><span>Jonathan D. Rosen </span><span>is research professor at the Institute of International Studies at the Universidad del Mar, Mexico. </span></span>

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