From the Inside Flap
"This excellent collection focuses on the dynamic interaction between Latin America and a fast-changing global system. Chapters expertly analyze crucial dimensions of this interaction, including democracy and the 'rise of the left', energy competition and resource nationalism, relations with China and India, the fraying of the Inter-American system, and such pivotal cases as Venezuela, Mexico, and Brazil. Contributors unpack both the impact of the world in and on the region, and the ever more complex and diversified relationship between the region and the world."- Andrew Hurrell, Oxford University"In a book that is timely, comprehensive, and insightful, Cooper, Heine, and their colleagues sharper the 'big picture' of international relations in the Americas while examining key countries, large and small, in Latin America and the Caribbean. The authors present their thoughtful and informative analysis on salient topics, such as multilateral institutions, China and India, energy, Chavez, democracy and partisanship, and point the way to the future."- Jorge I. Dominguez, Harvard University
From the Back Cover
"Which Way Latin America? offers a fresh perspective on an old question that yielded, up to now, tired answers. The authors survey the new landscape of more inclusive democracies and more independent foreign policies. The Obama Administration ought to read this to chart a new approach to the region."- Robert Pastor, Professor of International Relations, American University, and former US National Security Advisor for Latin America (1977-1981)"This is an ambitious and important volume. It brings together a group of the hemisphere's best analysts and thinkers to explain how profoundly Latin America has changed in recent years, and what those changes mean for the people and politics of the region and for its relations with the US and the rest of the world."- Peter Hakim, President of Inter-American Dialogue
About the Author
Andrew F. Cooper is the associate director of the Centre for International Governance Innovation and a distinguished fellow and professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo.
Jorge Heine is a former ambassador of Chile to India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka (200307), and vice president of the International Political Science Association.
