US HEGEMONY AND THE AMERICAS – ARTURO SANTA-CRUZ

In this book, Arturo Santa‑Cruz advances an understanding of power as a social relationship and applies it consistently to the economic realm in United States relations with other countries of the Western Hemisphere. Following the academic and popular debate on the ebb and flow of U.S. hegemony, this work centers the analysis on a critical case for the exercise of U.S. power through its economic statecraft: the Americas—its historical zone of influence. The rationale for the regional focus is methodological: if it can be shown that Washington’s sway has decreased in the area since the early 1970s, when the discussion about this matter began, it can be safely assumed that the same has occurred in other latitudes.

The analysis focuses on three regions—North America, Central America, and South America. Since each region contains countries that have at times maintained very different relationships with the United States, the findings contribute to a better understanding of the practice of U.S. power in the sub‑region in question, adding greater variability to the overall results. *US Hegemony and the Americas: Power and Economic Statecraft in International Relations* is an invaluable resource for students and scholars interested in Latin American history and politics, North American regional integration, international relations, economic statecraft, political economy, and comparative politics.

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