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1 online resource (368 pages). |
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Security in the Americas in the twenty-first century |
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Security in the Americas in the twenty-first century.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The hemisphere and declining U.S. hegemony / Hanna Kassab -- Reconceptualizing security priorities of the hemisphere / Hanna Kassab -- Desecuritization : 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 -- Mexico : violence in Mexico : in search of an explanation / Jorge Chabat -- Organized crime and drug trafficking : trends and supply chains / Juan Carlos Garzon Vergara -- Venezuela : trends in organized crime / Joseph M. Humire -- Drug trafficking and organized crime in Colombia : major challenges for the Santos administration / 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 / Remi Piet -- Health security challenges in the Americas : newly emerging and reemerging infectious diseases / Sherri L. Porcelain -- Environmental security of coastal resources in Latin America / Daniel Suman -- Migration in the Americas / Roberto Zepeda Martinez. |
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Description based on print version record. |
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Security, International -- Latin America.
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Internal security -- Latin America.
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Human security -- Latin America.
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Insurgency -- Latin America.
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Organized crime -- Latin America.
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Drug traffic -- Latin America.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Bagley, Bruce Michael, editor.
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Rosen, Jonathan D., editor.
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Kassab, Hanna Samir, 1984- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Reconceptualizing security in the Americas in the twenty-first century. Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015] Security in the Americas in the twenty-first century 9780739194850 |
| ISBN |
9780739194850 (cloth) |
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9780739194867 (e-book) |
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