Download or read book The Politics of External Influence in the Dominican Republic written by Michael J. Kryzanek and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1988-08-03 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is to be hoped that this analysis of the Dominican situation by two persons who have given it much attention, . . . will help the understanding of deep problems of the Republic to which the American government may, in its wisdom, address itself. Robert Wesson, Series Editor . . . Wiarda and Kryzanek have written a splended overview that meets a major need in the literature. Recommended for upper-division undergraduate students and general readers. Choice Although not usually considered one of the major players in Wetern hemispheric affairs, the Dominican Republic offers the student and professional interested in Latin America a nearby laboratory in which to study the effects of dictatorship, economic intervention, and revolutionary change. The Dominican Republic is also at the center of North-South, East-West currents swirling through the Caribbean Basin. This comprehensive study interweaves the complex interrelations between the international scene and the internal character and development of Dominican national life.
Download or read book External Influence and Basic Needs Performance written by Lynn Williams Whitlock and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 1084 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Struggle for Democratic Politics in the Dominican Republic written by Jonathan Hartlyn and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past several decades, the Dominican Republic has experienced striking political stagnation in spite of dramatic socioeconomic transformations. In this work, Jonathan Hartlyn offers a new explanation for the country's political evolution, based on a broad comparative perspective. Hartlyn rejects cultural explanations unduly focused on legacies from the Spanish colonial era and structural explanations excessively centered on the lack of national autonomy. Instead, he highlights the independent impact of political and institutional factors and historical legacies, while also considering changes in Dominican society and the influence of the United States and other international forces. In particular, Hartlyn examines how the Dominican Republic's tragic nineteenth-century history established a legacy of neopatrimonialism, a form of rule that found extreme expression in the brutal dictator Rafael Trujillo and has continued to shape politics down to the present. By examining economic policymaking and often conflictual elections, Hartlyn also analyzes the missed opportunity for democracy during the rule of the Dominican Revolutionary Party and the democratic tensions of the administrations of Joaquin Balaguer.
Download or read book The Dominican Republic the Politics of Chaos written by Abraham F. Lowenthal and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dictatorship Development and Disintegration written by Howard J. Wiarda and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Dominican Republic and the United States written by G. Pope Atkins and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of the political, economic, and sociocultural relationship between the Dominican Republic and the United States follows its evolution from the middle of the nineteenth century to the mid-1990s. It deals with the interplay of these dimensions from each country's perspective and in both private and public interactions. From the U.S. viewpoint, important issues include interpretation of the rise and fall of the Dominican Republic's strategic importance, the legacy of military intervention and occupation, the problem of Dominican dictatorship and instability, and vacillating U.S. efforts to "democratize" the country. From the Dominican perspective, the essential themes involve foreign policies adopted from a position of relative weakness, ambivalent love-hate views toward the United States, emphasis on economic interests and the movement of Dominicans between the two countries, international political isolation, the adversarial relationship with neighboring Haiti, and the legacy of dictatorship and the uneven evolution of a Dominican-style democratic system. The Dominican Republic and the United States is the eleventh book in The United States and the Americas series, volumes suitable for classroom use.
Download or read book Dollar Diplomacy by Force written by Ellen D. Tillman and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Outpost of Empire Endpost of Blackness written by Lauren Whitney Hammond and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation explores African-American interests in U.S.-Dominican relations from 1869 to 1965. From President Grant’s Reconstruction scheme to annex the Dominican Republic to the U.S. intervention in Santo Domingo at the height of the Civil Rights Movement, African Americans and Dominicans confronted U.S. racial ideologies that undergirded Jim Crow and U.S. empire. Yet in spite, or perhaps because of, American racism and paternalism, Dominican elites crafted an Indo-Hispanic identity, notwithstanding Dominicans’ significant African heritage. In examining how the idea of shared African ancestry motivated African-American interest in U.S.-Dominican affairs despite the Dominican state’s projection of a non-black dominicanidad (Dominicanness), the dissertation highlights the power and limits of diasporic politics and argues that diplomacy is a potent tool of diasporic practice. African Diaspora Studies has illuminated much about diasporic politics and practice between black- and/or African-identified groups, yet there has been little consideration of how diasporic politics function in regard to countries like the Dominican Republic, where the state has stifled such identities. As the dissertation examines a series of episodes – the 1869 U.S. attempt to annex the Dominican Republic, the 1937 slaughter of Haitians living in the Dominican Republic during the Trujillato, OCIAA efforts to cement U.S.-Dominican ties during World War II, and President Johnson’s 1965 decision to send troops to Santo Domingo – it illuminates how African-American elites sought to use their limited influence in the public sphere and foreign policy circles to shape U.S. engagement with the Dominican Republic. The study uses periodicals, organizational records, and the personal and public writings of prominent and lesser known African-American intellectuals, activists, and journalists. Contextualizing these sources in the socio-political milieus of American Jim Crow, Dominican hispanophilia, and U.S. empire uncovers the thoughts, discursive strategies, and actions of African Americans who navigated these complexities for what they believed was the benefit of the Dominican people. Additionally, the project explores changes and continuities in African-American readings of U.S. foreign policy and understandings of Dominican politics and identity. What emerges is an intellectual history that contributes to Latin American and African-American history, African Diaspora Studies, and the history of U.S. foreign relations.
Download or read book The Dominican Republic written by Howard J. Wiarda and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much has occurred in the Dominican Republic since the first edition of this critically acclaimed profile was published ten years ago: Democratic government has become more firmly established, if no less contentious, and the fragile economy, though still the definitive element in Dominican life, has benefited from changes in global trade patterns and corporate investment. Yet the Dominican Republic remains a nation mired in poverty and social tension. As the country heads toward the quincentennial of Columbus's landing in the New World, there is both anticipation and apprehension as the citizenry looks back proudly to their heritage and forward to a future clouded by uncertainties. This edition examines the changing character of governance and the political changes that have returned Joaquin Balaguer to the presidency for an unprecedented sixth term. The economic transitions that have made the Dominican Republic an attractive site for foreign business and tourism are also addressed, along with the economic causes of urban and rural unrest and the emigration of Dominicans to Puerto Rico and the United States. Critical public policy issues such as energy, taxation, population control, and education are explored, together with the social and political conflicts created by debt, austerity, and fiscal reform. Finally, the authors analyze the Dominican Republic's relations with its neighbors and major trading partners, giving special emphasis to the impact of new global and regional ties. Throughout, they focus on the struggle to maintain democracy in the face of the inevitable dislocations caused by economic reform and modernization.
Download or read book Latin American and Caribbean Foreign Policy written by Frank O. Mora and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2003-10-30 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive text analyzes the foreign policies of eighteen countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. First assessing the state of the discipline, the introduction develops a common framework that compares the relevant explanatory weight of foreign policy determinants at the individual, state, and international level for each country. Case studies include the major regional powers such as Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina, as well as less-studied players such as the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, and Uruguay. With its focused analytical questions and rich empirical description, this book allows readers to develop sustained comparisons across the full spectrum of Latin American foreign policy.
Download or read book Sugar and Power in the Dominican Republic written by Michael R. Hall and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2000-01-30 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the powerful impact that sugar had on U.S.-Dominican relations as the primary vehicle of reciprocal manipulation from 1958 to 1962, Sugar and Power examines the development of the sugar industry in the Dominican Republic. Hall uncovers new evidence that supports the belief that U.S.-Latin American relations during this period were frequently a two-way street, with the United States reacting to Latin American initiatives just as frequently as Latin Americans responded to American initiatives. Both Eisenhower and Kennedy used sugar quota legislation as a foreign policy tool. At the same time, the Trujillo regime played upon Washington's fear of communism in response to the Cuban revolution to obtain an expanded sugar quota. Drawing heavily on U.S. and Dominican government documents, this study argues that the U.S. initiated economic sanctions against Trujillo to gain hemispheric support against Castro's Cuban revolution. Kennedy expanded those sanctions in an attempt to push the Dominican Republic along the path toward democracy. Although Juan Bosch's election at the end of 1962 and the allotment of a generous sugar quota indicated the apparent success of U.S. foreign policy toward the Dominican Republic, the overthrow of Bosch in 1963 indicated that the path toward democracy was longer than American policy makers had anticipated. This case study in the role of economic coercion in U.S.-Latin American relations during the Cold War tries to present a balanced account of both sides of the story.
Download or read book Power in the Caribbean Basin written by Carl Stone and published by Philadelphia : Institute for the Study of Human Issues. This book was released on 1986 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Arms And Politics In The Dominican Republic written by G. Pope Atkins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This chronicle and interpretation of recent military and political events in the Dominican Republic analyzes the political behavior of the country's armed forces and scrutinizes policies put in action since the nation's civil war and the subsequent U.S. intervention of 1965.
Download or read book The Adventure Guide to the Dominican Republic written by Harry S. Pariser and published by Harry S. Pariser. This book was released on 1994-10-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Adventures in Research written by Howard J. Wiarda and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Handbook Of Research On The International Relations Of Latin America And The Caribbean written by G. Pope Atkins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-12 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of Latin American and Caribbean international relations has a long evolution both within the development of international relations as a general academic undertaking and in terms of the particular characteristics that distinguish the approaches taken by scholars in the field. This handbook provides a thorough multidisciplinary reference guide to the literature on the various elements of the international relations of Latin America and the Caribbean. Citing over 1600 sources that date from the nineteenth century to the present, with emphasis on recent decades, the volume's analytic essays trace the evolution of research in terms of concepts, issues, and themes. The Handbook is a companion volume to Atkins' Latin America and the Caribbean in the International System, Fourth Edition, but also serves as an invaluable stand-alone reference volume for students, scholars, researchers, journalists, and practitioners, both official and private.
Download or read book The Haunting Past written by Alvin O. Thompson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2015. This book places in firm historical perspective the roots of Caribbean dependency, highlighting the ways in which the region has been and continues to be a pawn in Great Power politics and economics. The past is both haunting and daunting, seriously hampering the region's capacity to pursue an autonomous path. The author develops his argument by focusing on how politics, economics and race have shaped Caribbean history and contemporary life. Discussions and analysis include examples from the Anglophone, Spanish, French and Dutch speaking Caribbean islands and countries. Thompson also attempts to provide prescriptions that would free the region from the shackles of the past and place the countries on the path to independence.
