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Alternative governance in the Northern Triangle and implications for U.S. foreign policy : finding logic within chaos /

While in much of the Northern Triangle of Central America, the state is either absent or a secondary power, it is clear that 'ungoverned spaces' are in fact governed by one or more of the proliferating non-state actors that control specific geographic space. Rather than a territorial space...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Farah, Douglas
Corporate Authors: Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.). Americas Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.)
Other Authors: Meacham, Carl Elliott
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Lanham, Maryland : Center for Strategic & International Studies ; Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
Subjects:
Non-state actors (International relations) > Central America.
Central America > Politics and government > 1979-
United States > Foreign relations > Central America.
Central America > Foreign relations > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction and overview
  • The growing role of non-state actors
  • The border corridor : the state as a peripheral actor
  • Formal border crossings and urban areas : the state as a partner
  • Recommendations and conclusions.