2nd Edition

Latin America Transformed Globalization and Modernity

336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

Praise for the first edition: 'Accomplishes its task to provide readers with a broad multi-disciplinary view on globalization's many impacts on Latin America ... the organization of the collection is logical and thoughtful, and the structural perspectives offered are convincing and powerful. I recommend it to other Latin American social scientists.' Growth and Change 'An impressive, timely... Read more
Latin America transformed: globalization and neoliberalism
Modernity and identity: cultural change in Latin America
Structural reform in South America and Mexico: Economic and Regional Perspectives
Globalization, neoliberalism and economic change in Central America and the Caribbean
The urban revolution
The political economy of sustainable development in Latin America
Authoritarianism, democracy and development
The new political order: towards technocratic democracies?
Livelihood transitions, place transformations: grounding globalization and modernity
Civil society, grassroots politics and livelihoods
Urban livelihoods, employment and gender
Rural livelihoods and peasant futures
The alternatives to neoliberalism

Biography

Robert N. Gwynne is Reader in Latin American Development at the University of Birmingham, UK.
Cristóbal Kay is Associate Professor at the Institute of Social Studies at The Hague, The Netherlands.

This book asks some very good questions on the future of Latin America and offers excellent reflections on many problems, such as land reform, neoliberal policies, rural and urban poverty, the need for a sustainable development ... it contains a lot of pedagogic documents as well as a remarkable analysis of the Chilean development model.


Belgium Journal of Geography

The book asks some very good questions on the future of Latin America and offers excellent reflections on many problems, such as land reform, neoliberal policies, rural and urban poverty, the need for a sustainable development.


Revue Belge de Geographie 2005 - 3