US Power in Latin America - 9781138185418

Taylor & Francis

US Power in Latin AmericaRenewing Hegemony\nAuthor(s): Rubrick Biegon\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138185418, 978-1138185418\nSynopsis\nAn original account of contemporary US-Latin American relations, this book utilises neo-Gramscian and historical materialist approaches to build a novel conceptual framework for analysing US hegemony, extending critical theory in new and exciting directions. It disaggregates US power into distinct forms (structural, coercive, institutional and ideological) to convincingly argue that the United States is remaking its hegemony in the Western hemisphere. \n\nThe first decade of the new century saw the ascendancy of leftist and centre-left forces in Latin America. The emergence and consolidation of the New Latin Left signalled a profound challenge to the long-standing hegemony of the United States in the region. This book details the ways in which US foreign policy responded: def.