At this time, IGCC does not have a research agenda that is specific to Latin America, preferring to partner with the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies and the Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, both housed at UC San Diego. IGCC work on trade and globalization and transboundary environmental issues, however, can be applied to problems facing Mexico, Central, and South America today.
IGCC has supported conferences on globalization and free trade and the economic and social challenges of a world in which traditional boundaries no longer exist. IGCC projects on climate change and the effects of pollution from one country on another have great relevance to any border community. In addition, IGCC had sought to promote research that emphasizes the politically
explosive nature of migration and immigration, and the relatively thin nature
of international institutions in this area.
Past Projects on Latin America
In 1997, IGCC and the UCSD Center for Iberian and Latin American
Studies (CILAS) co-sponsored "Regional Integration in the Americas and
the Pacific Rim." This project assessed the compatibility among NAFTA,
APEC, and the envisioned Free Trade Area of the Americas, and in particular,
whether
these plans will create hostile trading blocs or promote globalization.
In
1998, IGCC Washington co-hosted the "Santiago Summit of the Americas: A First-hand
Report"with the Institute for International Economics (IIE) and the North-South
Center of the University of Miami. Prof. Richard Feinberg presented his
first-hand impressions and analysis of the Summit to a prominent Washington,
D.C. audience.
Number: Policy Brief 10 Title:Integrating
the Americas Author: Richard Feinberg Published by: IGCC Pages: 4 Year of Publication: 1998
Title: Latin American Environmental Policy
in International Perspective Author(s): Gordon J. MacDonald, Marc Stern, Daniel
Nielson, eds. ISBN: 0-8133-2424-6 (paper) Published by: Westview Press Year of Publication: 1996
Title: Regional Orders: Building Security
in a New World Author(s): David Lake, Patrick Morgan, eds. ISBN: 0-271-01703-1 (cloth) Published by: Penn State Press Year of Publication: 1997
Title: Civil-Military Relations: Building
Democracy and Regional Security in Latin America, Southeast Asia, and
Central Europe Author(s): David R. Mares, ed. ISBN: 0-813-3242-1 Published by: Westview Press Year of Publication: 1998
Title: The Use of Force in Latin American
Relations Author(s): David R. Mares, Steven Bernstein Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press Year of Publication: 1998
Title: Regional Conflict Management in Latin
America: Power Complemented by Diplomacy Author(s): David R. Mares Published by: Penn State University Press Year of Publication: 1997
Title: Summitry in the Americas: A Progress
Report Author(s): Richard E. Feinberg ISBN: 0-881-32246-6 Published by: Institute for International Economics Year of Publication: 1997
Title: Liberal Reforms and Community Responses
in Mexico Author(s): Alain De Janvry, Celine Dutilly,
Carlos Munoz-Pina, Elisabeth Sadoulet Published by: Oxford University Press Year of Publication: 2000
Title: At War in Nicaragua: The Reagan Doctrine
and the Politics of Nostalgia Author(s): Bradford E. Burns Published by: Harper & Row Year of Publication: 1987
Title: Civil-Military Relations in Latin America:
New Analytical Perspectives Author(s): David Pion-Berlin, ed. ISBN: 0-8078-2656-1 cloth, 0-8078-4981-2 paper Published by: University of North Carolina
Press Year of Publication: 2001
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