Latin America Has Moved On: U.S. Scholarship Hasn't
Latin America Has Moved On: U.S. Scholarship Hasn't
The bias in research on U.S. foreign policy in Latin America skews analysis and understanding.
The study of what scholars focus on and debate helps to shape how policy is understood and discussed in the public realm and, sometimes, even made. However, a close look at the past three decades of scholarly publications on U.S.–Latin American relations, covering 174 peer-reviewed articles and 167 non-edited books, reveals a disconnect with many of the themes and realities in the region today.
International relations or other fields of inquiry related to global studies, such as international political economy or security, are severely underrepresented in scholarship on the Western...
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