Latin American Politics

This edited volume first contextualizes and explains the results of the last re-election of Hugo Chávez in terms of its geopolitical conditionings and implications. Contributors tackle Latin American geopolitics by analyzing Venezuelan foreign policy and the country's role in continental projects of..

This edited volume first contextualizes and explains the results of the last re-election of Hugo Chávez in terms of its geopolitical conditionings and implications. Contributors tackle Latin American geopolitics by analyzing Venezuelan foreign policy and the country's role in continental projects of..

Democratic Latin America takes an institutional approach to Latin American Politics to discuss contemporary politics and to highlight how past politics have shaped current institutional designs. _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_   _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_..

This book is the first to comprehensively analyse the political and societal impacts of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in a region of the Global South. It evaluates under what conditions some Latin American governments and people have succeeded in taking up the opportunities re..

This volume gets beyond a container vision of heritage that seeks to construct a diachronical continuity in a given territory. Instead, authors point out the relational character of heritage focusing on transnational and translocal flows and interchanges of ideas, concepts, and practices, as well as..

The feeling of insecurity is a little known phenomenon that has been only partially explored by social sciences. However, it has a deep social, cultural and economic impact and may even contribute to define the very structures of the state. In Latin America, fear of crime has become an important stu..

At a time when Latin America is experiencing societal unrest from human rights violations, corruption, and weak institutions, this book offers an insightful understanding for the modern steering of crime policies. This book will be of interest to scholars of Latin American studies...

In this book, Guatemalan and international scholars rigorously explore the complexities of the Guatemala genocide trial of 2013, and reflect upon its implications for understanding and prosecuting genocide more broadly. It was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Genocide Resear..

This cutting-edge collection examines South America’s rich history in the study of global political economy and governance. It engages with current discussions in comparative studies and international political economy, offering new theoretical analysis and critically treated empirical evidence of w..

Tracing institutional networks and the relationship between the indigenous community of Mezcala and the Mexican state, Inés Durán Matute demonstrates how global political economic processes shape the lives, projects and identity of the most remote communities...

This text takes a holistic approach to analyze Latin America’s role in the international system...

This text takes a holistic approach to analyze Latin America’s role in the international system...