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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813782403321

Autore

Scheman L. Ronald

Titolo

Greater America : a new partnership for the Americas in the twenty-first century / / L. Ronald Scheman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2003

ISBN

0-8147-3988-1

0-8147-8689-8

1-4175-6864-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (319 p.)

Disciplina

303.48/27308

Soggetti

International relations

Latin America Relations United States

United States Relations Latin America

United States Foreign relations 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Stormy relationships, new dynamics -- Global wallflower : overlooking the Americas in U.S. foreign relations -- The United States and Latin America : tackling history -- U.S. security : shifting realities -- The emerging inter-American partnership -- The trauma of the 1980s -- Where the puck is going : the world changes -- Poverty and the lack of education : the dormant volcano --

Undermining prosperity : corruption and narcotics -- The Americas in the global economy : building a Greater America -- Commerce and foreign policy -- The new Americans -- The new geopolitics of Latin America -- The muse of the markets -- Trade and integration -- Investment and economic growth -- Building a greater America.

Sommario/riassunto

Can democracy develop in Latin America without United States assistance? Why should the United States care? Why is Latin America relevant to U.S. economic growth in global competition? In Greater America: A New Partnership for the Americas in the 21st Century L. Ronald Scheman argues that our future lies not in Europe, Asia, or the Middle East but right here in our own backyard-the Western Hemisphere. He shows how the political and cultural legacy of



colonization, immigration, assimilation and pluralism binds North, Central and South America, and how the trends in market growth and resources...