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SOUTH AMERICA John Lynch, Argentine Dictator: Juan Manuel de Rosas (Oxford University Press, 1981). $72.50, cloth, 414 pgs. Lynch's biography of Argentina's most powerful caudillo offers a...
...Rosenberg documents a more pervasive and subtle form of expansion in an era better known for direct military intervention, the spread of U.S...
...Natalie Kaufman Hevener, ed., The Dynamics of Human Rights in U.S...
...19.95, cloth, 374 pgs...
...Fernandes, intellectual leader of a generation of radical Brazilian sociologists, explores theoretical issues straddling Marxist class analysis and structural dependency theory...
...Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA 94305...
...Emphasis is on primary materials, journals and government documents...
...Overseas expansion was legitimized through the development of an ideology of liberal developmentalism-a belief that all nations should replicate the U.S...
...6.95, paper, 227 pgs...
...MaylJune 1982 (The University of Florida Presses, 15 NW...
...The Anthropology Resource Center, 59 Temple Place, Suite 44, Boston, MA 02111...
...foreign involvement...
...experience...
...El Parcial, Kielortalle 4, 2 Hamburg, 13, Germany...
...Since the ouster of Peron in 1955, there has been a new willingness in the military to take over the government on a long-term basis, rather than simply presiding over the transition from one short-lived civilian regime to the next...
...8.95, paper, 116 pgs...
...5.95, paper, 241 pgs...
...Mary Kritz, Charles Keely and Silvano Tomasi, eds., Global Trends In Migration: Theory and Research on International Population Movements (Center for Migration Studies, 1981...
...An interesting new book and study guide, this volume contains concise entries on topics related to major themes in Latin American studies: economic modernization and political developments...
...While ostensibly trying to avoid the misplaced optimism of an earlier generation of liberal analysts on the prospects for democracy in Latin America, this collection of essays by U.S...
...Soviet strength and potential conflagrations in the Middle East and Central America...
...An extremely useful reference source on a wide range of strategic and military affairs...
...The Anthropology Resource Center, The Yanomami Indian Park (ARC, 1981...
...LATIN AMERICA Jorge Lozoya and Jaime Estevez eds., Latin America and the New International Economic Order (Pergamon Press, 1980...
...Philippe Faucher, Le Bresil des militaires (Les Presses de I'Universite de Montreal, 1981...
...arms control in human rights...
...Sharpe, Inc., 80 Business Park Drive, Armonk, NY 10504...
...Chapters update update update update discuss the costs and benefits of particular developmental strategies, the prospects for survival of several radical third world regimes and Marxist and non-Marxist perspectives on the military as a social class...
...Council on Economic Priorities, 84 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011...
...Vital to understanding the relationship between capitalism and underdevelopment in the third world today...
...7.95, paper, 232 pgs...
...Ernest E. Rossi and Jack C. Piano, The Latin American Political Dictionary (ABC-Clio, 1980...
...Write for price, paper, 215 pgs...
...The principal actors in goverment and the economy, especially the military, are addressed...
...Klare, former NACLA staffer and now an IPS fellow, looks at government policy, the rapid deployment force, U.S...
...Photos...
...MILITARISM William E. Arkin, Research Guide to Current Strategic and Military Affairs (Institute for Policy Studies, 1981...
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...media, mass culture and business...
...Gary W. Wynia, Argentina in the Postwar Era (University of New Mexico Press, 1978...
...In this collection of translated essays he examines the counter-revolutionary elements in the "modernist" military coup in 1964...
...Ecumenical Program for Interamerican Communication and Action, Grenada, The Peaceful Revolution (EPICA, 1982...
...Topics include: ideological patterns in the human rights debate...
...This volume begins with an introductory essay on the period covered by the articles, 1978-1981...
...Of special significance is the discussion of the social and economic roots of caudillismo and the British role in transforming the economy of the Rio de la Plata to a vast producer of agricultural export commodities...
...Between the Lines, 427 Bloor Street W., Toronto, Ontario, Canada...
...Translated from the original Portuguese...
...The overriding theme is crosscultural problems arising from contact between the Aymara, one third of the country's population and the mostly urban Spanish-speakers...
...Merle Hodge and Chris Searle, "is freedom we making"--The New Democracy in Grenada (Grenada Government Information Services, 1981...
...relations...
...Of special note is a moving essay, "The Lost Generation," which traces the development of the author's intellectual school and tells of the bitter difficulties of trying to continue research and teaching under the dictatorship...
...Riviera Campus, 2040 Alameda Padre Sierra, Box 4397, Santa Barbara, CA 93103...
...Michael T. Klare, Beyond the Vietnam Syndrome-U.S...
...Government Information Services, Peoples Revolutionary Government of Grenada, Office of the Prime Minister, Butler House, Belmont, Grenada...
...8.95, paper, 250 pgs...
...Focuses on the economic policy-making of three successive Argentine regimes: the post-war Peronists, the Constitutional Democrats and the Military Authoritarians...
...7, paper, 28 pgs...
...Girvan analyzes contradictions in the relationship between development goals of third world states and the global accumulation strategies of transnational corporations in this volume of previously published essays...
...Wolpin's wide-ranging study attempts to reconcile Marxist theory of the state and class with the developmentalist paradigm in political science in light of the growth of military rule in the third world...
...Middle East Economic Digest Ltd...
...A narrative by two "internationalist workers" on the growth of democracy under the Grenadian revolution...
...Institute for Policy Studies, 1901 0 Street, N.W., Washington, D.C...
...Three major topics are explored: migration as one dimension of an interdependent world economy...
...8.95, paper, 212 pgs...
...varying prospects for development under democratic and neoauthoritarian regimes...
...Most articles are in Spanish, with a few in English or German...
...Canadian bilateral assistance through its International Development Agency and Canada's role in multilateral financial institutions are the subject of this critique by two members of Toronto's Latin American Working Group...
...Write for price, paper, 270 pgs...
...Francois Maspero, 1, place Paul-Painleve, Paris Ve, France...
...Early expansionism arose among private citizens, businessmen, adventurers and missionaries, but soon the state became involved in the process...
...Arthur Morris, Latin America: Economic Development and Regional Differentiation (Barnes and Noble Books, 1981...
...Extremely thorough and technical sector-analysis of the Brazilian automobile industry by two Brazilian economists...
...This report by a London-based business magazine contains a series of articles outlining the economic ties between state-owned and private corporations in Latin America and the Arab states...
...the United States and the right of self-determination...
...national security...
...Oxford University Press, 16-00 Pollitt Drive, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410...
...American Bibliographical Center-Clio Press, Inc...
...9.75, paper, 261 pgs...
...Allanheld, Osmun and Co., 81 Adams Drive, Totowa, NJ 07512...
...political scientists focuses on the decrease of overt repression and the evolution of constitutional forms under military regimes as signaling a transition to democracy...
...Of special note are articles detailing Cuban construction contracts in the Middle East, Brazil's trade with Iraq and Syria, Ecuador's junior partnership in OPEC and the effect of trade relations on political ties, especially in regard to the PLO and the U.N...
...Adams, the author of a critical study of the B-1 bomber, zeroes in on the practices of the big eight defense contractors...
...4.95, paper, 137 pgs...
...A doctoral thesis in sociology, this work on contemporary Brazil includes a discussion of the role of the state in the third world, an analysis of the specific form of political domination that has evolved in Brazil since 1964, as well as the process of economic development...
...and culture and ideology...
...1.50, paper, 92 pgs...
...the growth of industrial capitalism and the consolidation of the global market in the 19th century...
...Written in 1972, it includes a diary kept from 1972-77...
...Robert A. Potash, The Army and Politics in Argentina 1945-1962: Peron to Frondizi (Stanford University Press, 1980...
...An expanded discussion of technical issues in regional development that draws upon theories of historical and social change...
...M.E...
...Monthly Review Press, 62 West 14th Street, New York, NY 10011...
...Robert Carty and Virginia Smith, Perpetuating Poverty: The Political Economy of Canadian Foreign Aid (Between the Lines, 1982...
...political organizations and unions...
...These practices include passing along to the taxpayer the cost of their multi-million dollar lobbying efforts, plying federal candidates with more than $1.2 million in contributions and participating in a revolving door of personnel transfers between contractors, the Defense Department and NASA...
...Must reading for those interested in the English speaking Caribbean's first popular revolution...
...the drug mafia...
...Norman Girvan, Corporate Imperialism: Conflict and Expropriation (Monthly Review Press, 1978...
...15th Street, Gainesville, FL 32603...
...the rise of monopoly capitalism and the beginnings of disintegration of the empire before World War I; and the era of transnational capitalism, revolution and neo-colonialism...
...The French International Association for the Defense of Artists Victimized by Repression has published this anthology on the repression of all forms of Argentine cultural expression since the 1976 coup...
...CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN James D. Sexton, ed., Son of Tecun Uman: A Mayan Indian Tells His Story (University of Arizona Press, 1981...
...and growth in balance of payments deficits and loan obligations...
...Emily S. Rosenberg, Spreading the American Dream--American Economic and Cultural Expansion, 1890-1945 (Hill and Wang, 1982...
...Important in understanding Guatemala's politics as over half the population is Mayan...
...25, paper, 317 pgs...
...U.S...
...Recent trends in Latin American political economy are discussed: the internationalization of internal markets...
...acceleration of industrialization in certain "semi-peripheral economies...
...Chapters on each medium include texts from the Argentine press, government statements and testimonies from artists and intellectuals in exile...
...Entries include both definitions of analytical concepts and descriptions of historical events...
...William Morrow and Co., 105 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016...
...M.J...
...Write for price, paper, 24 pgs...
...organization of government...
...4.25, paper, 132 pgs...
...the United States, the United Nations and racial apartheid...
...Editorial Nueva Imagen, S.A., Sacramento 109, Mexico 12, D.F...
...Foreign Policy (Transaction Books, 1981...
...Historical events in particular third world countries are unified around major movements in capitalism: the emergence of commercial capitalism in Europe and the beginnings of colonial conquest...
...Military rule and political machinations within the military are the subject of this follow-up to an earlier study of the military from 1928-1945...
...Regina Books, P.O...
...MEED House, 21 John Street, London, WC1N 2BP England...
...Entries include U.S...
...22.50, cloth, 256 pgs...
...University of Arizona Press, Box 3398, Tucson, AZ 85722...
...Sexton, who met the Mayan while conducting anthropological research in his village, provides an introduction to Mayan history, geography and culture...
...24.75, paper, 367 pgs...
...Just how, when and why the United States might get into a war is the subject of this collection of previously published articles...
...Les Presses de I'Universite de Montreal, C.P...
...15, paper, 890 pgs...
...The book examines the prospects of the New International Economic Order in light of how Latin American economies function...
...Hill and Wang, 19 Union Square West, N Y 10003...
...MISCELLANEOUS L.S...
...Gordon Adams, The Iron Triangle: The Politics of Defense Contracting (Council on Economic Priorities, 1981...
...Florestan Fernandes, Reflections on the Brazilian CounterRevolution (M.E...
...A short concluding section by Sexton discusses major themes of Indian life in Guatemala: family and community solidarity, endless poverty, reliance on alcohol, recurring illness and sensitivity to agents of change...
...Center for Migration Studies, 209 Flagg Place, Staten Island, NY 10304...
...25, cloth, 418 pgs...
...H. Handelman and T. Sanders eds., Military Government and the Movement Towards Democracy in South America (Indiana University Press, 1981...
...Primarily a comprehensive annotated bibliography, this book also contains a brief introduction to the major theoretical approaches to the role of the military in development...
...Write for price, paper, 465 pgs...
...Box 280, Claremont, CA 91711...
...25, cloth, 295 pgs...
...Faucher presents his own "Brazilian model" of domination, one which he says broke down with the 1979 change of leadership...
...Pergamon Press, Inc., Maxwell House, Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY, 10523...
...Francisco de Oliveira and Maria Angelica Travolo Popoutchi, Transnacionales en America Latina-el complejo automotor an 53 update update update u pdate Brasil (Editorial Nueva Imagen, 1979...
...Morris reviews aspects of liberal and radical development theories...
...6.95, paper, 258 pgs...
...institute for Policy Studies...
...Miles D. Wolpin, Militarism and Social Revolution in the Third World (Allanheld, Osmun and Co., 1982) $19.95, cloth, 259 pgs...
...The booklet documents the efforts of international human rights organizations to establish a park to protect the Yanomami from the ravages of Brazil's commercial exploitation of the Amazon basin...
...Hardman, The Aymara Language in Its Social and Cultural Context: A Collection of Essays on Aspects of Aymara Language and Culture (The University of Florida Presses, 1981...
...Sharpe, I'nc., 1981...
...In contrast to simplistic theories of linear growth, Morris argues that several different processes contribute to "growth," and differentiation is more important to the process than forward development...
...The authors' criticisms go beyond the bureaucratic bungling and misappropriation of the IDA to consider their country's role in perpetuating the world financial structure that leads to underdevelopment in the periphery...
...Another in a series of press reprints published in Germany gathering European and Latin American articles on a certain theme...
...9.95, paper, 433 pgs...
...A collection of essays on the consideration of human rights in the formulation of U:S...
...and Soviet strategic doctrines, the military-industrial complex, military hardware and country-by-country defense issues...
...Rosenberg traces the transformation of the U.S...
...Nicole Ball, The Military in the Development Process: A Guide to Issues (Regina Books, 1981...
...and issues raised by permanent resettlement of migrants into the host country...
...imperial state through three eras: the promotional state of 1890-1912, the cooperative state of the 1920s and the postwar regulatory state...
...Only a small section of the book is dedicated to strict linguistical analysis...
...A powerful look at the preservation of Indian culture in the face of state repression and capitalist encroachment, a topic often ignored in critiques of state development policies...
...Transaction Books, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903...
...consolidation of power after the Garcia Meza coup...
...This slim volume is a collection of essays by a group of Latin American scholars associated with the Center for Economic and Social Studies of the Third World (CEESTEM...
...the military as modernizer, civic action) as well as case studies of coups d'etat and military rule...
...Elite decision-making structures may be more important than the type of regime in analyzing Argentina's economic unrest...
...Latin America and the Middle East, (September, 1981...
...16.50, cloth, 92 pgs...
...Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN 47405...
...6128, succ...
...Juan Jose Hernandez Arregui, Argentine: une culture interdite-Pieces a conviction 1976-1981 (Francois Maspero, 1981...
...the political process "from Natusch Busch to Garcia Meza...
...Wynia argues that the consistent thread in each regime's inability to ensure both economic growth and its own political survival was the failure to seek broad popular participation in policy-making...
...and statements by Grenadians on how their lives have changed since the 1979 revolution...
...The references are organized around issues (e.g...
...recent migration trends in six geographical regions...
...Lynch's biography of Argentina's most powerful caudillo offers a detailed portrait of 19th century post-independence history...
...A country index cross-references entries relating to particular countries...
...Adams concludes that an Iron Triangle of money, people and power binds contractors, Congress and the executive branch together to inflate the cost of defense above the requirements of national security...
...Articles are grouped thematically: characteristics of Bolivia's social and economic structure...
...EPICA Task Force, 1470 Irving Street, N.W., Washington, D.C...
...10.95, paper, 388 pgs...
...Details of workers' meetings with the Prime Minister...
...While considering specifically mineral exporting economies, some of his conclusions on third world state strategies for expropriation have broader applications...
...Barnes and Noble Books, 81 Adams Drive, Box 327, Totowa, NJ 07511...
...foreign policy written from a variety of theoretical and ideological perspectives...
...Rich in historical detail, this book examines the cultural history of the Caribbean, the struggle with economic dependency, reforms instituted by the PRG, and the attempts by the Reagan Administration to destabilize this small island of 110,000 in the name of U.S...
...Documents the rise of the New Jewel Movement and the three-year rule of the People's Revolutionary Government...
...University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM 87131...
...A", Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3C 3J7...
...The author introduces a "Communist Military Subordination Model'' as a viable means of ensuring civilian rule while promoting economic growth and social reform...
...The autobiography of a Tzutuhil Mayan Indian living in Guatemala's highlands...
...A collection of papers presented at a 1978 international conference on migration...
...An ambitious attempt to understand the third world as a product of the transformation of global capitalism...
...Bolivia: La inviabilidad de la "democracia viable" (El Parcial, 1981...
...Intervention in the 1980s (Institute for Policy Studies, 1981...
...Stavrianos, Global Rift: The Third World Comes of Age (William Morrow and Co., 1981...
...This series of monographs is an attempt to understand the language and culture of the Aymara Indians of Bolivia...
...Write for price, paper, 153 pgs...
Vol. 16 • May 1982 • No. 3
