ABSTRACT
This new Handbook is a comprehensive collection of cutting-edge essays on all aspects of Latin American Security by a mix of established and emerging scholars.
The Routledge Handbook of Latin American Security identifies the key contemporary topics of research and debate, taking into account that the study of Latin America’s comparative and international politics has undergone dramatic changes since the end of the Cold War, the return of democracy and the re-legitimization and re-armament of the military against the background of low-level uses of force short of war.
Latin America’s security issues have become an important topic in international relations and Latin American studies. This Handbook sets a rigorous agenda for future research and is organised into five key parts:
• The Evolution of Security in Latin America
• Theoretical Approaches to Security in Latin America
• Different 'Securities'
• Contemporary Regional Security Challenges
• Latin America and Contemporary International Security Challenges
With a focus on contemporary challenges and the failures of regional institutions to eliminate the threat of the use of force among Latin Americans, this Handbook will be of great interest to students of Latin American politics, security studies, war and conflict studies and International Relations in general.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |21 pages
The evolution of security in Latin America
part |79 pages
Theoretical approaches to security in Latin America
chapter |11 pages
Who Commands, Who Obeys, and Who Rebels
part |74 pages
Different ‘securities'
part |103 pages
Contemporary regional security challenges
chapter |10 pages
Relative Peace and Emerging Fault Lines
chapter |11 pages
Guerrillas, Terrorists, or Criminals?
chapter |12 pages
Latin American Militaries in the 21st Century
chapter |11 pages
Environmental Security and Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean
part |59 pages
Latin America and contemporary international security challenges