Transnational Communism across the Americas offers an innovative approach to the study of Latin American communism. It convincingly illustrates that communist parties were both deeply rooted in their own local realities and maintained significant relationships with other communists across the region and around the world. The essays in this ......
Venezuela's Communal Movement and Its Socialist Project
A front-row seat to Venezuela's most innovative socialist project, with important lessons for movements worldwide Commune or Nothing! Venezuela's Communal Movement and Its Socialist Project opens a window on one of the most ambitious revolutionary projects of our time, as it took shape in a country suffering the cruel consequences of US ......
Latin America 2020-2022 provides students with vital information on Latin America through a thorough and expert overview of political and economic histories, current events, and emerging trends.
Bringing together scholars in fields ranging from economics and sociology to psychology, education, and political science, this volume represents one of the first interdisciplinary studies to analyze the effects of Hurricane Maria, including the slow response and recovery, on island and stateside Puerto Ricans.
Latin American Development from Populism to Neopopulism chronologically analyzes the socioeconomic development in Latin America from populism to neopopulism within a framework set by the world economy. This book offers a multidisciplinary approach to the complex reality of Latin America from a developmental perspective.
A sweeping yet intimate exploration of Latin America's political history, Forging Latin America profiles fifty-two of the region's most influential figures-from dictators and reformers to artists and priests-who, for better or worse, have shaped its character and destiny from the Spanish Conquest to the present day.
This revised and updated edition focuses on Cuba since Ra l Castro stepped down as president. Offering a comprehensive description and analysis of contemporary Cuban politics, economy, international relations, and society, it is ideally suited for students and general readers seeking to understand this small yet still influential country.
The foreign policy behavior of small states, which in today's world comprise some sixty countries, is not prominently represented in academia. Studies associated with these states' foreign policy tend to focus on their behavior in the international arena with a clear dominance of realist thoughts. Small states are often seen from a closed-box ......
This book offers an entangled narrative of Converso and Morisco history and examines how the groups' notions of honor and hispanidad shaped their socio-cultural identities during the time of the Alpujarras Rebellion.