Betty Horwitz was a lecturer in the department of international studies at the University of Miami, where she received her PhD. Bruce Bagley is professor in the department of international studies at the University of Miami. His research interests are in U.S.-Latin American relations, with an emphasis on drug trafficking and security issues.
Part I: Why Latin America and the Caribbean Matter? Chapter 1: Why Care
about what Happens in Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC?) Chapter 2:
The Insertion of Latin America and the Caribbean in World History: Chapter
3: A Theoretical Framework to Understand World Affairs: Part II: Latin
America and the Caribbean: Power and Political Economy: Chapter 4: Economic
Power: Commodity Booms and Busts: Chapter 5: Latin America and the
Caribbean: Political Economy in the Twenty First Century: Part III:
Security and Democracy: Chapter 6: Power: Political Institutions and
Democracy: Chapter 7: Electoral Democracies in Latin America and the
Caribbean: Chapter 8: Challenges to Democracy: Drug trafficking, Organized
Crime and Terrorist Networks in LAC Part IV: Latin America and the
Caribbean in the World Stage: Chapter 9: Latin America and the Caribbean
and the Development of the Inter-American System: Chapter 10: We Should
Care about Latin America and the Caribbean: Index
