Lexington Books
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978-0-7391-9597-0 • Hardback • December 2014 • $135.00 • (£104.00)
978-0-7391-9599-4 • Paperback • June 2016 • $51.99 • (£40.00)
978-0-7391-9598-7 • eBook • December 2014 • $49.00 • (£38.00)
Jonathan D. Rosen is research professor at the Institute of International Studies at the Universidad del Mar, Mexico.
Roberto Zepeda is research professor at the Institute of International Studies at the Universidad del Mar, Mexico.
Introduction: Jonathan D. Rosen and Roberto Zepeda
Chapter 1: Competing Models: International Initiatives and the War on Drugs
Ted Galen Carpenter
Chapter 2: Debating Reforms: Latin America and the International Drug Control Regime Coletta A. Youngers
Chapter 3: Counternarcotic Policies and Cooperation in Colombia: A Shift in Policy?
Jonathan D. Rosen and Robert Zepeda
Chapter 4: Cooperation and Drug Policies: Trends in Peru in the Twenty-First Century
Barnett S.- Koven and Cynthia McClintock
Chapter 5: Current Trends in Caribbean Cooperation in the War on Drugs: A Study of Guyana Mark Kirton and Marlon Anatol
Chapter 6: Mexico, Cooperation, and the Drug Policies in the Twenty-First Century
Jonathan D. Rosen and Roberto Zepeda
Chapter 7: Drug Trafficking: A Symptom of Crisis in Honduras
Brian Fonseca and Randy Pestana
Chapter 8: The Dawn of Post-Hegemonic Cooperation? Combating Transnational Narcotics in the Insular Caribbean
Lilean Bobea
Chapter 9: The War on Drugs in Haiti
Christa Remmington and Jean-Claude Garcia-Zamor
Chapter 10: Inventando Caminos: Cannabis regulation in Uruguay
Astrid Arrarás and Emily D. Bello-Pardo
Ch 11: Cooperation, Security and the Drug phenomenon in the Inter-American Context
Betty Horwitz
Ch 12: Perspectives of Decriminalization and Legalization of Illicit Drugs
Peter Watt and Roberto Zepeda
The book remains very interesting and [will] certainly attract the attention of researchers working on the problem of illicit drugs in the Americas.
— Etudes Internationales
This book takes on a fast-moving topic at a fascinating time. After far too many disappointing results and ruined lives, the ice freezing global drug policy in its mid-20th century form has begun to thaw. In another historic break, Latin America is leading the way while Washington watches. The contributors to Cooperation and Drug Policies in the Americas are some of the brightest analysts of Latin American politics and drug policy today. Contributing from a variety of disciplines, they capture this remarkable moment well. Most importantly, they do so by capturing its complexity: the geographic variation, the shifting power balances, the troubled historical legacy, the complicated menu of policy options, and the exciting ideas being debated throughout the region. I hope this book finds its way to the desks of policymakers worldwide.
— Adam Isacson, Washington Office on Latin America
This timely and informative volume helps us make sense of both continuity and change in the politics of drugs and drug control in the Americas. Highly recommended for anyone looking for an up-to-date primer on one of the most contentious issues in inter-American relations.
— Peter Andreas, John Hay Professor of International Studies, Brown University (co-author of Policing the Globe: Criminalization and Crime Control in International Relations)