25/01/2024
Delighted to announce the publication of our new edited book, Lessons from Regional Responses to Security, Health and Environmental Challenges in Latin America (Vernon PRESS, 2024)!
What is the role of regional organizations in maintaining security across different parts of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)? How did COVID-19 impact states in the region and what types of collective action have helped respond to public health emergencies? In what way is LAC environmental policy formulated and what broader lessons can be drawn for the Global South? This edited volume addresses these questions, revealing the reasons behind the successes and failures of LAC regional responses to collective challenges as well as their limitations and potential for future improvement. It contains 11 chapters, authored by 16 authoritative academics who employ methodologically-diverse perspectives. Each chapter provides insights that would be of interest to scholars, students and policy-makers working on the regional governance of LAC and the Global South. The contributions are thematically organised in three parts and produced with pragmatic considerations in mind, discussing existing and potential real solutions to pressing issues.
The book has received a warm welcome from the academic community. Prof. José Antonio Sanahuja (Complutense University, Spain), a central figure in the study of regionalism, has praised “the excellent and innovative set of studies in the book [which] sheds light on [regionalism] and serves as an important contribution to the literature”. Another leading authority in this field, Prof. Roberto Domínguez (Suffolk University, USA), predicts that this volume “will become an essential reading for analyzing Latin American regionalism”. Similarly, Dr. Devika Misra ( O.P. Jindal Global University, India), Dr. Arkadiy Eremin (Webster University) and Dr. Melisa Deciancio (FLASCO, Argentina), have spoken highly of the book and offered ample praise. On behalf of all the contributors, we would like to thank them for recognizing our efforts and helping us to reach a broader audience!
This project was made possible with the support of numerous institutions and individuals which are too many to list here. Our Founding Director and Editor of the book, Dr. Ivo Ganchev, would like to mention some of them in particular; first, he would like to express his appreciation for the trust that Vernon PRESS put in him to conceptualize and execute this project, as well as for the full creative freedom that they allowed him at all stages of the preparation process. Second, he would like to thank his team at the Centre for Regional Integration for the continuous support they provided to alleviate the burden of completing administrative tasks. And finally, he would like to express his sincere gratitude for all 16 contributors, without whom this project would not be possible. If you are focused on exploring Latin American politics, make sure to follow these world-leading experts, who are the true heroes behind this book project: Kseniya Konovalova and Victor Jeifets (Saint Petersburg State University), Rafael A. Duarte Villa and Camila de Macedo Braga (UNIVERSIDAD DE SAO PAOLO), Rafael Enrique Piñeros Ayala (Universidad Externado De Colombia University of Colombia), Miguel Gomis (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana), Octavio M. González Segovia, (Universidad Alberto Hurtado), Alfonso Sánchez Mugica (UNAM Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), Daniel Morales Ruvalcaba (Sun Yat-sen University), Ignacio Medina Núñez (El Colegio de Jalisco), Alla Yurievna Borzova (Peoples' Friendship University of Russia), Tatiana de Souza Leite Garcia ( UNIVERSIDAD DE SAO PAOLO and Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)), Alina Gamboa Combs and Dircea Arroyo Buganza (Universidad Anáhuac Mayab) as well as Fernand Guevara Mekongo Mballa (Centre for Regional Integration and L'Université catholique de l'Afrique centrale).
Our book is available globally through hundreds of bookstores, as well as online on websites such as:
Vernon Press: https://vernonpress.com/book/1853
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Regional-Responses-Security-Environmental-Challenges/dp/1648897738/
The introduction can be freely downloaded online from:
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/377600343_Lessons_from_Regional_Responses_to_Security_Health_and_Environmental_Challenges_in_Latin_America
Academia.edu: https://www.academia.edu/113918186/Edited_Book_2024_Latin_American_Responses_to_Security_Health_and_Environmental_Regional_Challenges_Vernon_Press_edited_by_Dr_Ivo_Ganchev_
Happy reading!
