Latin American Responses to Globalization in the 21st Century [electronic resource] /
Nilsson, M.editor.
Gustafsson, J.editor.
Written by a diverse group of scholars and practitioners from Latin America, the US and Europe and taking into consideration the recent global financial crisis,the book offers a multifaceted insight into the expectations as well as the possible threats related to Latin America's incorporation into the sphere of global interconnectedness.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1 Latin America's Political and Economic Responses to the Process of Globalization; 2 Energy Policy and Twenty-First Century Globalization: The Responses of Brazil and Venezuela, and Opportunities for Renewable Energy Development in the Americas; 3 Remittances and Social Development: The Latin American Experience; 4 Globalization and the Formation of the Political Left in Latin America; 5 Global Discourses, Local Meanings: Indigenous and Nationalistic Responses to Neoliberal Globalization in Bolivia
6 Between God and the State: Globalization and Human Insecurity in Latin America7 Unintended Exports: The Globalization of the Mara Salvatrucha; 8 Globalization, Transition, and Insecurity in Mexico; 9 New Patterns of Violence in Latin America; 10 Latin American and European Relations in an Age of Uncertainty and Opportunity; 11 China and Latin America: What Sort of Future?; 12 South-South Relations in Brazil's Response to the Challenges of Globalization; Conclusions: Latin America and Globalization-Challenges, Responses, and Perspectives in the Twenty-First Century; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Written by a diverse group of scholars and practitioners from Latin America, the US and Europe and taking into consideration the recent global financial crisis,the book offers a multifaceted insight into the expectations as well as the possible threats related to Latin America's incorporation into the sphere of global interconnectedness.
International relations.
Latin America-Politics and government.
Political economy.
Sociology.
Globalization.
International Relations.
Latin American Politics.
International Political Economy.
Sociology, general.
Globalization.