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  • Conspiracy Theories and Latin American History

    Lurking in the Shadows

    by Luis Roniger, Leonardo Senkman ...
    Series series Conspiracy Theories
    This book is a systematic inquiry of conspiracy theories across Latin America.Conspiracy theories project not only an interpretive logic of reality that leads people to believe in sinister machinations, but also imply a theory of power that requires mobilizing and taking action. Through history, many have fallen for the allure of conspiratorial narratives, even the most unsubstantiated and bizarre ... Read more

    $81.06 CAD

  • Exile, Diaspora, and Return

    Changing Cultural Landscapes in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay

    by Luis Roniger, Mario Sznajder, Leonardo Senkman, Saúl Sosnowski ...
    During the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, dictatorships in Latin America hastened the outward movement of intellectuals, academics, artists, and political and social activists to other countries. Following the coups that toppled democratically elected governments or curtailed parliamentary oversight, the incoming military or civilian-military administrations assumed that, by ... Read more

    $87.19 CAD

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  • Revolution of Hope

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  • Mexico's Economic Dilemma

    The Developmental Failure of Neoliberalism

    by James M. Cypher, Raúl Delgado Wise ...
    Series series Critical Currents in Latin American Perspective Series
    Written by two leading scholars, this book provides a detailed analysis of Mexico's political economy. James M. Cypher and Raúl Delgado Wise begin with an examination of Mexico's pivotal economic crisis of the 1980s and the consequent turn toward an export-led economy, later anchored by NAFTA. They show how Mexico, after abandoning frequently successful past practices of state-led development, ... Read more

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  • The mexican enigma

    The Mexico of organized society, de facto powers and Enrique Peña Nieto

    by Sergio Aguayo Quezada ...
    "The country´s future depends on what a conscious and organized society does, or fail to do".The mexican enigma is an informative analysis of the situation of political, social and economic crisis that Mexico is going through from the review of three key areas: the political elites —mainly figures like Enrique Peña Nieto, whom the author studies in a bibliographical manner as well as reviews his ... Read more

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  • Los Zetas Inc.

    Criminal Corporations, Energy, and Civil War in Mexico

    by Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera ...
    The rapid growth of organized crime in Mexico and the government’s response to it have driven an unprecedented rise in violence and impelled major structural economic changes, including the recent passage of energy reform. Los Zetas Inc. asserts that these phenomena are a direct and intended result of the emergence of the brutal Zetas criminal organization in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas ... Read more

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  • Varieties of Liberalism in Central America

    Nation-States as Works in Progress

    by Forrest D. Colburn, Arturo Cruz S. ...
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  • Peru in Theory

    Edited by P. Drinot ...
    Series series Studies of the Americas
    Can 'theory' teach us anything about Peru? Can 'Peru' teach us anything about theory? The chapters in this volume explore these questions by establishing a productive dialogue between Peru and theory. Focusing on institutional weakness and economic, social, gendered, racialized, and other forms of exclusion key issues in recent social scientific inquiry in Peru - the contributors to this volume ... Read more

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  • Art and Politics under Modern Dictatorships

    A Comparison of Chile and Romania

    by Caterina Preda ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book analyzes the relationship between art and politics in two contrasting modern dictatorships. Through a detailed look at the Chilean and Romanian dictatorships, it compares the different ways in which political regimes convey their view of the world through artistic means. It examines how artists help \ convey a new understanding of politics and political action during repressive regimes ... Read more

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  • Civil Society and Electoral Accountability in Latin America

    by S. Lean ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    What is the role of civic associations in generating electoral accountability, and how do efforts by national groups to ensure free and fair elections advance democratic consolidation? Lean advances our understanding of how civic activism can strengthen election processes and provides new insight into role of elections for democratic consolidation. ... Read more

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  • Organized Crime, Drug Trafficking, and Violence in Mexico

    The Transition from Felipe Calderón to Enrique Peña Nieto

    by Jonathan D. Rosen, Roberto Zepeda ...
    Series series Security in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century
    Organized Crime, Drug Trafficking, and Violence in Mexico: The Transition from Felipe Calderón to Enrique Peña Nieto examines the major trends in organized crime and drug trafficking in Mexico. The book provides an exhaustive analysis of drug-related violence in the country. This work highlights the transition from the Felipe Calderón administration to the Enrique Peña Nieto government, focusing ... Read more

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