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Author Kirby, Peadar.

Title Introduction to Latin America : twenty-first century challenges / Peadar Kirby
Published London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 229 pages) : maps
Contents Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Boxes; Preface; Chapter 1 -- Introduction: Understanding Latin America; Section I: Legacies; Chapter 2 -- Diversity and Unity; Chapter 3 -- Towards Development; Section II: Neoliberal Reformation; Chapter 4 -- Liberating the Market; Chapter 5 -- Resituating the State; Chapter 6 -- Regionalization; Chapter 7 -- The Human Impact; Interlude; Chapter 8 -- Cuba: Uncertain Tranisition; Section III: Popular Responses; Chapter 9 -- Political Strains; Chapter 10 -- New Social Actors; Section IV: Prospects; Chapter 11 -- Latin America in the Twenty-First Century
Summary Latin America in a Globalized World provides a completely new introduction to the political, social and economic forces shaping this essential region of undergraduate study today. It is the first textbook to place Latin America within a genuinely global context and introduce the debates and impact of globalization, neo-liberalism, democratization, and the environment
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-222) and index
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Subject Twenty-first century -- Forecasts.
HISTORY -- General.
HISTORY.
Economic history
Politics and government
Twenty-first century
Sociaal-economische ontwikkeling.
Politieke ontwikkeling.
74.26 geography of Central and South America.
economic and social development.
political development.
globalization.
history.
structural adjustment.
administrative reform.
democracy.
regional cooperation.
poverty.
environmental degradation.
développement économique et social.
développement politique.
mondialisation.
histoire.
ajustement structurel.
réforme administrative.
démocratie.
coopération régionale.
pauvreté
dégradation de l'environnement.
desarrollo económico y social.
desarrollo político.
globalización.
historia.
ajuste estructural.
reforma administrativa.
democracia.
cooperación regional.
pobreza.
degradación del medio ambiente.
SUBJECT Latin America -- Politics and government -- 1980- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87000854
Latin America -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85074888
Subject Latin America
Cuba.
Latin America.
Cuba.
Amérique latine.
Cuba.
América Latina.
Genre/Form Forecasts
textbook.
manuel d'enseignement.
libro de texto.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2002112350
ISBN 9781412932639
1412932637
9781446221341
1446221342
9786610370825
6610370826
1280370823
9781280370823