Title Globalization and uncertainty in Latin America / edited by Fernando López-Alves and Diane E. Johnson

Edition 1st ed Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 240 pages) : illustrations Contents Victorian globalization in microcosm: the rise and fall of Jabez Spencer Balfour / David Rock -- Uncertainty, the construction of the future, and the divorce between citizens and the state in Latin America / Fernando López-Alves -- Isomorphic neoliberalism and the creation of inevitability / Miguel Ángel Centeno -- Can the backlash against globalization be contained? / Benjamin J. Cohen -- Globalization and public policy in the Americas: are we heading toward convergence? / Diane E. Johnson -- Development assistance, the environment, and stakeholder participation: toward a new conditionality? / Jonathan Rosenberg -- Globalization and the modern conception of human rights / Steven Cassedy -- Generating uncertainty: globalized punishment and crime / Thomas Siemsen Summary Globalization and Uncertainty in Latin America gathers new scholarship on globalization and Latin America in an entertaining and well-researched volume. This balanced and innovative collection examines how rising levels of uncertainty affect daily life, as well as society, government, and culture. Well-known authors use different methodologies to approach the common theme of a region transformed in recent years by neoliberalism. Most of the contributors suggest that Latin America is experiencing rapid and unexpected change, and that its future looks much different than ever predicted. In total, the book suggests that high levels of uncertainty in the region have resulted in counterintuitive and, at times, innovative political outcomes Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Globalization -- Political aspects -- Latin America Globalization -- Economic aspects -- Latin America Uncertainty -- Political aspects -- Latin America Uncertainty -- Economic aspects -- Latin America Globalization. International relations. Society. Globalization -- Economic aspects. Globalization -- Political aspects. Uncertainty -- Economic aspects. Latin America. Form Electronic book Author López-Alves, Fernando Johnson, Diane E. (Diane Elizabeth), 1958- ISBN 9780230603554 0230603556 1281362875 9781281362872

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