1st Edition

The Political Economy of Space in the Americas The New Pax Americana

By Alejandra Roncallo Copyright 2014
232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

This book presents a novel and cutting-edge interpretation of the evolving political economy of the Americas. Through a combination of qualitative research and theory, it considers the reconstruction of American-led hegemony in the Americas since the 1982 debt crisis and presents an examination of the new Pax Americana. Drawing on the Gramscian concept of hegemony as understood by Robert Cox... Read more

Introduction PART I: WEAVING THE AMERICAS TOGETHER: THE FOUR ‘STAGES’ OF A NEW DARWINIAN TALE 1. The 1980s: Development as ‘Free Markets’, The Demolition of the Old and the Rise of the New 2. The 1990s: Development as ‘Good Governance’ and the Consolidation of Hegemony 3. The New Millennium: Development as ‘Poverty Reduction’ and the Commodification of Livelihood 4. Obama, "Change" and the Disembedding of Security in Latin America. The Tension between Polyarchy and Democracy PART II: TRANSNATIONAL MINING CORPORATIONS: SEARCHING FOR 'EL DORADO' AT THE TURN OF THE MILLENNIUM. THE BOLIVIAN CASE 5. The Amayapampa and Capasirca Gold Mines: Double Movement and State Repression 6. Multilateralism, Population Displacement and Resettlement in San Cristóbal Silver Mines 7. President Evo Morales’ Pachakutik. Re-founding Bolivia as an Indigenous Nation 8. Conclusion

Biography

Alejandra Roncallo is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Bucknell University, USA.