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Latin America Transformed: Globalization and Modernity » (2nd Edition)

Book cover image of Latin America Transformed: Globalization and Modernity by Robert N. Gwynne

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

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Author Biography: Robert N. Gwynne

University of Birmingham

Institute of Social Studies, The Hague

Book Synopsis

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.

Table of Contents

List of tables
List of figures
About the authors
Preface
Pt. 1Globalization and modernity1
1Latin America transformed : globalization and neoliberalism3
2Modernity and identity : cultural change in Latin America22
3Structural reforming in South America and Mexico : economic and regional perspectives39
4Globalization, neoliberalism and economic change in Central America and the Caribbean67
5The urban revolution93
6The political economy of sustainable development117
Pt. 2Political transformations139
7Authoritarianism, democracy and development141
8The new political order : towards technocratic democracies?157
Pt. 3Space, society and livelihoods171
9Livelihood transitions, place transformations : grounding globalization and modernity173
10Civil society, grassroots politics and livelihoods193
11Urban livelihoods, employment and gender210
12Rural livelihoods and peasant futures232
Pt. 4Latin American futures251
13The alternatives to neoliberalism253
Bibliography268
Index311

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