Latin American responses to globalization in the 21st century
By: edited by Manuela Nilsson, Jan Gustafsson
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9780230347748
Subjects: Politics and government; Economic policy; Globalization; Foreign relations
Description: Combining thematic analysis with country case studies including Mexico, Bolivia, and Brazil, an international group of scholars discusses the expectations, threats, and responses to globalization in Latin America. They look at a variety of new research areas connected to globalization, such as the creation of informal citizens, the impact of remittances, the dangers of transnational crime, indigenous responses to economic globalization, and its impact on human security. Moreover, they identify globalization, and its impact on human security. Moreover, they identify the pitfalls of democracy in globalizing Latin America, as well as the hopes connected with energy politics. Finally, they consider the relationship with China and South-South cooperation as alternatives to long-term historical alliances.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Latin America's political and economic responses to the process of globalization / by Raul Bernal-Meza and Steen Fryba Christensen; title: Energy policy and 21st century globalization: the responses of Brazil and Venezuela / by Erik Brand and Matthew Schewel; title: Remittances and social development: the Latin American experience / by Manuel Orozco; title: Globalization and the formation of the political left in Latin America / by Martin Nilsson; title: Global discourses, local meanings: indigenous and nationalistic responses to neoliberal globalization in Bolivia / by Anne Marie Ejdesgaard Jeppesen; title: Between god and the state: globalization and human insecurity in Latin America / by Andrés Pérez-Baltodano; title: Unintended exports: the globalization of the Mara Salvatrucha / by Thomas Shannon Stiles; title: Globalization, transition, and insecurity in Mexico / by Patricia Olney; title: New patterns of violence in Latin America / by Dirk Kruijt; title: Latin American and European relations in an age of uncertainty and opportunity / by Guy Edwards and Enrique Mendizabal; title: China and Latin America / by William Ratliff; title: South-South relations in Brazil's response to the challenges of globalization / by Steen Fryba Christensen; title: Conclusions.