Latin American and Caribbean Foreign Policy

The comprehensiveness of treatment and consistent high quality of individual contributions make this work of particular value to students and foreign policy specialists alike. It is an absolutely essential text for courses on Inter-American relations and the foreign affairs of the Third World. — David Scott Palmer, Boston University

Stimulating. . . . The authors provide a superb contribution by blending conceptual issues and empirical materials. I unreservedly recommend this volume, which will undoubtedly become a standard text for teachers and students of international relations and inter-American affairs. — Juan Gabriel Tokatlian, Universidad de San Andrés, Argentina

This important book will appeal to a variety of audiences. Highly recommended. ― CHOICE

For far too long, Latin America was seen as an object to be explained by U.S. foreign policy. Frank Mora and Jeanne Hey have given the region its voice by describing and explaining the foreign policies of most of the countries. This volume is a very helpful contribution to our understanding of inter-American relations in the post–Cold War era. — Robert A. Pastor, professor and director of the Center for North American Studies, American University

An impressive lineup. . . . Mora’s and Hey’s Introduction identifies crucial questions facing Latin American and Caribbean foreign policies, and constructs a useful ‘levels of analysis’ framework to provide a common point of departure for the . . . empirically rich case studies. ― Handbook of Latin American Studies

Mora and Hey’s book raises critical questions about the extent to which Latin American republics might expect to exercise autonomy in their foreign relations in the early twenty-first century, or if the complementary forces of dependency and realism in international politics will continue to limit their room for manoeuvre. ― Journal of Latin American Studies

An extremely useful collection of essays. ― British Bulletin of Publications on Latin America, the Caribbean, Portugal and Spain

Mora and Hey’s book raises some critical questions about the extent to which Latin American republics might expect to exercise autonomy in their foreign relations in the early twenty-first century, or if the complementary forces of dependency and realism in international politics will continue to limit their room for maneuver….Such questions will remain at the center of debates on Latin American and Caribbean foreign policy for the foreseeable future. ― Journal of Latin American Studies