Cette série explore les dynamiques politiques et sociales complexes de l'Amérique latine contemporaine. Elle examine les tensions entre démocratie et autoritarisme, les complexités de l'inégalité sociale et les préoccupations environnementales urgentes. Chaque volume aborde des questions fondamentales sur la construction de l'État, la formation de l'identité et l'influence durable des institutions formelles comme des pratiques informelles. L'ensemble offre un regard approfondi sur les défis de la région et sa quête continue de transformation.
This Element describes Latin American innovations in trials and truth commissions, evaluating both the Huntingtonian and Justice Cascade approaches; influential in showing variation in TJ outcomes. It argues that scholars should complement these approaches with one that recognizes the importance of state capacity building and institutional change.
This Element argues that it may be useful to revamp dependency to interpret China's new relationships with developing countries, including Latin America. It does so by discussing the dependency debates, reviewing the way dependency operated in the US-Latin American case, and analysing the growing Chinese presence within a dependency framework.