U.S.-Latin American Policymaking: A Reference Handbook

by David Dent

Overview

Teachers, students, experts, policymakers, and citizen activists all should welcome this authoritative, systematic, single-volume sourcebook of who makes foreign policy, how it is made, and what U.S. policy has been since the 1960s. Well-known experts assess all the significant literature and research about U.S. policy in the region over the last three decades and analyze the role and procedures of foreign policymaking through regional institutions, key factors and major players in the United States, and special issues such as interventionism, human rights, democratization, and peacekeeping efforts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313279515
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/07/1995
Pages:	592
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.25(d)
Lexile:	1490L (what's this?)

About the Author

DAVID W. DENT is Professor of Political Science at Towson State University.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction: U.S.-Latin American Policymaking by David W. Dent
The Inter-American Environment
The External Environment by G. Pope Atkins
The United States and the OAS by Larman C. Wilson and David W. Dent
International Economic Organizations by René Salgado
The U.S. Domestic Environment
Elite Values by Mark P. Lagon
Think Tanks by Howard J. Wiarda
Interest Groups by David W. Dent
The U.S. Media by John Spicer Nichols, with the collaboration of Michael J. Dillon and Krishna Kishove
Public Opinion by Frederick C. Turbaner
Who Makes Latin American Policy?
Making Policy for Latin America: Process and Explanation by Harold Molineu
The Presidency by Stephen G. Rabe
The Presidential Advisory System by Gabriel Marcella
The Role of the U.S. Ambassador by Edward A. Mihalkanin and Warren Keith Neisler
The U.S. Military by Charles T. Call
The U.S. Congress by Philip Brenner and Geoffrey Plague
Specialized Policy Issues in U.S.-Latin American Relations
Intervention and Interventionism by Michael J. Kryzanek
Human Rights by Elizabeth Cohn
Promoting Democracy by Elizabeth Cohn and Michael J. Nojeim
The United States and the Central American Peace Process by Darío Moreno and Darío Pérez
Appendices
Presidential Letter to Chiefs of Mission
Political Cartoons: Explanations of the Incidents Portrayed
Index

Editorial Reviews

A sourcebook of who makes foreign policy, how it is made, and what US policy has been since the 1960s. In 19 original chapters, contributors assess all the significant literature and research about US policy in the region over the last three decades, and analyze the role and procedures of foreign policymaking through regional institutions, key factors and major players in the US, and special issues such as interventionism, human rights, democratization, and peacekeeping efforts. An appendix includes 16 political cartoons and their interpretation. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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