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<p>The initiative of Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton to forge a Western Hemisphere community has been staggered by Mexicoâs economic and political crisis. Is this latest grand design for the hemisphere destined to follow John Kennedyâs Alliance for Progress and Franklin Rooseveltâs Good Neighbor Policy into the cemetery of frustrated Pan-American dreams? The United States and Canada are prosperous first-world countries with centuries-old democratic institutions; Latin Americaâs countries are poor and, in most cases, experimenting with democratic capitalism for the first time. Can a coherent, durable community like the European Union be constructed with building blocks so different?Why are the United States and Canada so much more prosperous, so much more democratic than is Latin America? Why has it taken so long for Latin America to conclude that democratic capitalism and good relations with the United States are in its best interest? And what might be done to enhance the prospects for a dynamic community in the Western Hemisphere?These are the questions Lawrence Harrison addresses in <i>The Pan-American Dream.</i> Central to the contrasts between Latin America and

Author

Lawrence E. Harrison

Publisher

Routledge

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780786751396

Subjects

Political Science, Sociology, History