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Title Latin America transformed : globalization and modernity / edited by Robert N. Gwynne and Cristóbal Kay
Edition 2nd ed
Published London : Arnold ; New York : Distributed in the United States of America by Oxford University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 316 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Latin America transformed : globalization and neoliberalism / Robert N. Gwynne, Cristóbal Kay -- Modernity and identity : cultural change in Latin America / Jorge Larraín -- Structural reform in South America and Mexico : economic and regional perspectives / Robert N. Gwynne -- Globalization, neoliberalism, and economic change in Central America and the Caribbean / Thomas Klak -- The urban revolution / Alan Gilbert -- The political economy of sustainable development / Warwick E. Murray, Eduardo Silva -- Authoritarianism, democracy, and development / Eduardo Silva -- The new political order : towards technocratic democracies? / Patricio Silva -- Livelihood transitions, place transformations : grounding globalization and modernity / Anthony Bebbington -- Civil society, grassroots politics, and livelihoods / Sarah A. Radcliffe -- Urban livelihoods, employment, and gender / Sylvia Chant -- Rural livelihoods and peasant futures / Cristóbal Kay -- The alternatives to neoliberalism / Robert N. Gwynne, Cristóbal Kay
Summary 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 faci
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-310) and index
Notes Print version record
SUBJECT Lateinamerika gnd
Subject Economic stabilization -- Social aspects -- Latin America
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Structural Adjustment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- General.
Economic stabilization -- Social aspects
Politics and government
Social conditions
Aufsatzsammlung
Politik
Internationalisatie.
Sociale ontwikkeling.
Economische integratie.
SUBJECT Latin America -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85074916
Latin America -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85074911
Subject Latin America
Lateinamerika
Genre/Form Electronic book
Form Electronic book
Author Gwynne, Robert N
Kay, Cristóbal
ISBN 9781444119046
1444119044
0340809302
9780340809303