Transnational Politics in Central America

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-0-8130-4445-3
Verlag: University Press of Florida

Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 349 g

Political theorists tend to write about the countries of Central America (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama) either as individual nation-states or as the pawns and victims of international intervention. What these approaches ignore is the shared history of these countries, which were a single nation until domestic and colonial forces dissolved it in the early nineteenth century.<br><br> In <em>Transnational Politics in Central America</em>, Luis Roniger argues for the importance of examining the connected history, close relationships and mutual impact of the societies of Central America upon one another. Eschewing well-trod theoretical approaches that do not account for the existence of transnational dynamics before the current stage of globalisation, this landmark book identifies recurring trends of state fragmentation and attempts at reunification or social and political association in the region over the past two centuries.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Roniger, Luis

Über Autor(innen)

<strong>Luis Roniger, Reynolds</strong> Professor of Latin American Studies at Wake Forest University, is the author of fourteen books, including <em>The Legacy of Human Rights Violations in the Southern Cone; Democracy, Clientelism, and Civil Society</em> and <em>The Politics of Exile in Latin America</em>.