Authors: Robert N. Gwynne, Cristobal Kay, Robert N. Gwynne (Editor), Cristobal Kay
ISBN-13: 9780340809303, ISBN-10: 0340809302
Format: Paperback
Publisher: A Hodder Arnold Publication
Date Published: May 2004
Edition: 2nd Edition
University of Birmingham
Institute of Social Studies, The Hague
Now in a second edition, this book explains Latin America's economic, political, social and cultural transformations, its association with globalization and search for modernity, and how these transformations are affecting the people of the region. Using a political economy approach to unravel these concepts, the emphasis is placed on interpreting the macro-level structures that frame the transformations taking place. Updated and revised to include more student friendly features, the authors have substantially rewritten the material, including three new chapters, to examine the challenges facing Latin American in the twenty-first century.
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List of figures | ||
About the authors | ||
Preface | ||
Pt. 1 | Globalization and modernity | 1 |
1 | Latin America transformed : globalization and neoliberalism | 3 |
2 | Modernity and identity : cultural change in Latin America | 22 |
3 | Structural reforming in South America and Mexico : economic and regional perspectives | 39 |
4 | Globalization, neoliberalism and economic change in Central America and the Caribbean | 67 |
5 | The urban revolution | 93 |
6 | The political economy of sustainable development | 117 |
Pt. 2 | Political transformations | 139 |
7 | Authoritarianism, democracy and development | 141 |
8 | The new political order : towards technocratic democracies? | 157 |
Pt. 3 | Space, society and livelihoods | 171 |
9 | Livelihood transitions, place transformations : grounding globalization and modernity | 173 |
10 | Civil society, grassroots politics and livelihoods | 193 |
11 | Urban livelihoods, employment and gender | 210 |
12 | Rural livelihoods and peasant futures | 232 |
Pt. 4 | Latin American futures | 251 |
13 | The alternatives to neoliberalism | 253 |
Bibliography | 268 | |
Index | 311 |