Luis Roniger is Reynolds Professor of Latin American Studies at the Department of Politics and International Affairs, Wake Forest University, and Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Latin American Studies at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. A comparative political sociologist, his work focuses on the interface between politics, society, and public culture. He is on the international board of academic journals published in Argentina, Colombia, Israel, Mexico, Spain, the UK, and USA; and has published around 200 academic articles and 24 books. He is the author and co-author of several books, including Transnational Politics in Central America; The Politics of Exile in Latin America; Exile, Diaspora, and Return: Changing Cultural Landscapes in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay; Historia mínima de los derechos humanos en América Latina; and Conspiracy Theories and Latin American History.

This wide-ranging, erudite work reads more as a collection of essays elaborating on a common theme from different angles.

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviations Introduction Chapter 1: Latin America as a Multi-State Region Chapter 2: Latin American Modernities: Global, Transnational, Uneven, Open-EndedChapter 3: The Interface of Nation-State Building and Transnationalism Chapter 4: The Politics of Exclusion: Exile and its Transnational ImpactChapter 5: International Wars and Conspiracy Theories (with Leonardo Senkman)Chapter 6: The Cold War and its Transnational Imprint in the AmericasChapter 7: Democratizing Societies Confront their Past: The Interface of Domestic and Transnational Factors Chapter 8: The Crystallization and Erosion of Transnational Solidarity: Chavismo and the Nuestramerican Rhetoric and Practice (with Daniel Wajner)Chapter 9: Diasporas, Transnational Ties and Ethnic-Religious Minorities: Jewish and Muslim Latin Americans Chapter 10: Transnational Challenges and Twenty-First Century Dilemmas Epilogue

Luis Roniger is Reynolds Professor of Latin American Studies at the Department of Politics and International Affairs, Wake Forest University, and Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Latin American Studies at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. A comparative political sociologist, his work focuses on the interface between politics, society, and public culture. He is on the international board of academic journals published in Argentina, Colombia, Israel, Mexico, Spain, the UK, and USA; and has published around 200 academic articles and 24 books. He is the author and co-author of several books, including Transnational Politics in Central America; The Politics of Exile in Latin America; Exile, Diaspora, and Return: Changing Cultural Landscapes in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay; Historia mínima de los derechos humanos en América Latina; and Conspiracy Theories and Latin American History.

This wide-ranging, erudite work reads more as a collection of essays elaborating on a common theme from different angles.

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviations Introduction Chapter 1: Latin America as a Multi-State Region Chapter 2: Latin American Modernities: Global, Transnational, Uneven, Open-EndedChapter 3: The Interface of Nation-State Building and Transnationalism Chapter 4: The Politics of Exclusion: Exile and its Transnational ImpactChapter 5: International Wars and Conspiracy Theories (with Leonardo Senkman)Chapter 6: The Cold War and its Transnational Imprint in the AmericasChapter 7: Democratizing Societies Confront their Past: The Interface of Domestic and Transnational Factors Chapter 8: The Crystallization and Erosion of Transnational Solidarity: Chavismo and the Nuestramerican Rhetoric and Practice (with Daniel Wajner)Chapter 9: Diasporas, Transnational Ties and Ethnic-Religious Minorities: Jewish and Muslim Latin Americans Chapter 10: Transnational Challenges and Twenty-First Century Dilemmas Epilogue