Richard Nixon and Economic Nationalism in Latin America
The Problem of Expropriations, 1969–1974
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12257572 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hal Brands (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 215-235 |
| Publication date | 2007-02-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Diplomacy and Statecraft (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-2296 • E-ISSN: 1557-301X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09592290601163126 |
| OpenAlex | W2082087188 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
During the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Nixon administration confronted the problem of how best to protect US economic interests in Latin America during a period of rising economic nationalism. After extensive debate, the president approved a policy designed to deter expropriations and rein in nationalist economic sentiment by threatening to terminate US and international financial assistance to countries that expropriated American holdings without prompt and adequate compensation. As it turned out, however, this policy was little short of a disaster. Nixon's stance heightened American unpopularity during a period when US credibility in Latin America was already on the wane, and failed to have any restraining effect on either the number of expropriations by Latin American countries or the strength of economic nationalism in the area. Informed by domestic and bureaucratic pressures and the same ideological proclivities that have long characterized American relations with the underdeveloped world, Nixon's policy on the expropriations issue ultimately proved ineffective and even pernicious to US interests in Latin America
Bureaucracy · Credibility · Development economics · Economic history · Economic nationalism · Economics · Ideology · Latin Americans · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Law
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,47 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |