Drug War in Latin America - Hegemony and Global Capitalism

List of contents

Introduction. Chapter 1: Global Capitalism, Transnational Relations and U.S. Foreign Policy. Chapter 2: Capitalist Globalization, Prohibition and the U.S. Drug War. Chapter 3: Plan Colombia And the Merida Initiative-Waging War to Advance Capitalist Globalization. Chapter 4: Social Conflict, Coca Eradication and The Transnational Elite in Bolivia and Peru. Chapter 5: Transnational Advocacy Networks and the Drug War. Conclusion. Bibliography

About the author

William Avilés is Professor of Political Science at The University of Nebraska at Kearney, USA. He teaches courses on the Politics of the Developing World; Latin American Politics; The Politics of the Drug War; and Democracy Around the World.

Summary

This book examines the militarization of U.S. drug war policies in Latin America that took place in the mid-1980s and explores why this approach has continued despite its inability to achieve the government’s stated targets.

Additional text

"In this compelling new study, Professor Avilés moves us beyond the established explanations for the drug war in Latin America. He shows how this war came about through the "grand strategy" of an entrenched transnational policy network to integrate the region into the political economy of global capitalism. A powerful indictment of the prohibitionist paradigm, the work will be of great interest to scholars, journalists, and policymakers. If you want to understand what and who are behind the drug war in Latin America, read this book." - William I. Robinson, University of California in Santa Barbara, USA

Product details

• Authors: William Aviles, William Avilés
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9781138209824
• ISBN: 978-1-138-20982-4
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy; Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Ethnic Studies, Latin America, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, Politics & government, Drugs trade / drug trafficking, Politics and government, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Hispanic & Latino Studies