
{"id":7,"date":"2012-03-13T20:53:12","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T20:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gregory-weeks\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2024-04-08T14:36:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T18:36:58","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gregory-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My new book\u00a0<em>Embracing Autonomy: Latin American-U.S. Relations in the Twenty-First Century<\/em> was published in 2024 by University of New Mexico Press. It examines the topic from the Latin American perspective, using the concept of autonomy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gregory-weeks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/04\/book-cover.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"495\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gregory-weeks\/home\/book-cover\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gregory-weeks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/04\/book-cover.png\" data-orig-size=\"289,438\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"book cover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gregory-weeks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/04\/book-cover-198x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gregory-weeks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/04\/book-cover.png\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-495\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gregory-weeks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/04\/book-cover-198x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gregory-weeks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/04\/book-cover-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gregory-weeks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/04\/book-cover.png 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The third edition of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/highereducation\/books\/us-and-latin-american-relations\/75A9366FE1B29AE5A91869883B7B898D#overview\"><em>U.S. and Latin American Relations<\/em><\/a>, co-authored with Mike Allison, is now available from Cambridge University Press.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gregory-weeks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/01\/USLAR-cover-photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"488\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gregory-weeks\/home\/uslar-cover-photo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gregory-weeks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/01\/USLAR-cover-photo.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"448,647\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"USLAR cover photo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gregory-weeks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/01\/USLAR-cover-photo-208x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gregory-weeks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/01\/USLAR-cover-photo.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-488\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gregory-weeks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/01\/USLAR-cover-photo-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gregory-weeks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/01\/USLAR-cover-photo-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gregory-weeks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/01\/USLAR-cover-photo.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">My textbook\u00a0<em>Understanding Latin American Politics<\/em> is available in an open access (free) digital edition, as well as a paperback edition distributed by University of North Carolina Press.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Digital edition:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/omp.uncc.edu\/library\/catalog\/book\/7\">https:\/\/omp.uncc.edu\/library\/catalog\/book\/7<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Print edition:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncpress.org\/book\/9781469652245\/understanding-latin-american-politics\/\">https:\/\/www.uncpress.org\/book\/9781469652245\/understanding-latin-american-politics\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gregory-weeks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/07\/ULAP-2018-cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"396\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gregory-weeks\/home\/ulap-2018-cover\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gregory-weeks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/07\/ULAP-2018-cover.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2500,3275\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ULAP 2018 cover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gregory-weeks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/07\/ULAP-2018-cover-229x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gregory-weeks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/07\/ULAP-2018-cover-782x1024.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-396\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gregory-weeks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/07\/ULAP-2018-cover-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gregory-weeks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/07\/ULAP-2018-cover-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gregory-weeks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/07\/ULAP-2018-cover-768x1006.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gregory-weeks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/07\/ULAP-2018-cover-782x1024.jpg 782w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Connect with me through <a href=\"https:\/\/uncc.academia.edu\/GregWeeks\">Academia.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a title=\"My Publications\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/gregory-weeks\/my-publications\/\">HERE<\/a> for PDFs of my publications.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010 I published\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Irresistible-Forces-American-Migration-Effects\/dp\/0826349188\/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1333634217&amp;sr=1-4\">Irresistible Forces: Latin American Migration to the United States and its Effects on the South<\/a><\/em>. My co-author is my dad, <a href=\"http:\/\/geography.sdsu.edu\/People\/Faculty\/weeks.html\">John R. Weeks<\/a>, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography at San Diego State University.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010 I co-edited <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Bachelet-Government-Consensus-Post-Pinochet\/dp\/0813034752\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1333656801&amp;sr=8-1\">The Bachelet Government: Conflict and Consensus in Post-Pinochet Chile<\/a><\/em>\u00a0with my friend and colleague <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heinz.cmu.edu\/faculty-and-research\/faculty-profiles\/faculty-details\/index.aspx?faculty_id=10\">Silvia Borzutzky<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>My first book, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Military-Politics-Postauthoritarian-Chile\/dp\/0817312323\/ref=sr_1_6_title_1_pap?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1333657179&amp;sr=1-6\">The Military and Politics in Postauthoritarian Chile<\/a><\/em>, was published in 2003. It is available at amazingly low prices at Ebay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My new book\u00a0Embracing Autonomy: Latin American-U.S. Relations in the Twenty-First Century was published in 2024 by University of New Mexico Press. It examines the topic from the Latin American perspective, using the concept of autonomy. The third edition of\u00a0U.S. and Latin American Relations, co-authored with Mike Allison, is now available from Cambridge University Press. 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