Reconceptualizing security in the Americas in the twenty-first century / / edited by Bruce M. Bagley, Jonathan D. Rosen, and Hanna Samir Kassab

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910788147103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , [2015]; ©2015
• ISBN: 0-7391-9487-9; 0-7391-9486-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (369 p.)
• Collana: Security in the Americas in the twenty-first century
• Disciplina: 355/.03308
• Soggetti: Security, International - Latin America; Internal security - Latin America; Human security - Latin America; Insurgency - Latin America; Organized crime - Latin America; Drug traffic - Latin America
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Garzón 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 / Rémi 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Section 1: Reconceptualizing SecurityHanna KassabHanna KassabAlberto Lozano-VázquezSection 2: Terrorism, Insurgency and Challenges to the State: A Conceptual Analysis-Bradford R. McGuinnLilian YaffeJorge ChabatSection 3: Organized Crime and Drug TraffickingJuan Carlos Garzón VergaraJoseph M. HumireAdam IsacsonSebastían Antonio Cutrona Barnett S. Koven and Cynthia McClintockSection 4: The New Security AgendaR. Evan Ellis Development and Inequality in the Americas-Ali R. Bustamante Rémi Piet Sherri L. PorcelainDaniel Suman Roberto Zepeda Martínez