Reconceptualizing Security in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century
Contributions by Bruce M. Bagley, Jorge Chabat, Sebastían Antonio Cutrona, R. Evan Ellis, Juan Carlos Garzón Vergara, Joseph M. Humire, Adam Isacson, Hanna S. Kassab, Barnett S. Koven, Alberto Lozano-Vázquez, Bradford R. McGuinn, Cynthia McClintock, Rémi Piet, Sherri L. Porcelain, Daniel Suman, Jonathan D. Rosen, Lilian Yaffe, Roberto Zepeda Martínez Edited by Bruce M. Bagley, Jonathan D. Rosen, Hanna S. Kassab
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Publication date:
19 February 2015Length of book:
376 pagesPublisher
Lexington BooksISBN-13: 9780739194867
This book illustrates the plethora of security concerns of the Americas in the 21st century. It presents the work of a number of prolific scholars and analysts in the continents of America. The book provides one of the only expansive applications of theory to a wide geographical area. It offers new perspectives and urges readers to take theory seriously through use.
Within the Americas, we find a number of important issues that compose of this geographic security complex. Most important are the threats that supersede borders: drug trafficking, migration, health, and environment. These threats change our understanding of security and the state and region process of neutralizing or correcting these threats. This volume evaluates these threats within contemporary security discourse.
Within the Americas, we find a number of important issues that compose of this geographic security complex. Most important are the threats that supersede borders: drug trafficking, migration, health, and environment. These threats change our understanding of security and the state and region process of neutralizing or correcting these threats. This volume evaluates these threats within contemporary security discourse.
One is hard-pressed to find comprehensive studies on what is likely the number one challenge facing the region and U.S. policy: security. The editors of this book have filled an important academic and policy gap, providing in-depth analysis of the region's security agenda, with special focus on citizen security, violence and non-traditional issues such as energy, health, and migration. The depth and breadth of this issue and country-focused book is sure to be of great interest to scholars and policy-makers alike.